Pearl Harbor 80th anniversary

Pearl Harbor 80th Anniversary and the early Pacific War

Contents List 2021

Date of Paper

Pages

Event Covered (LA Times)

8 Dec 1941 Front, pages A-D

"Japs open war on U.S. with bombing of Hawaii"

9 Dec 1941

Front, pages A-D and 8 "Enemy planes sighted over California coast" "U.S. declares war on Japan"

10 Dec 1941 Front, pages A, C, D and 6

"F.D.R. denies Jap sea boast, but warns of long struggle"

11 Dec 1941 Front, pages A, B and 6 "Los Angeles blacked out" "Bombs fire Jap battleship"

12 Dec 1941 Front, pages A and B

"Second Jap battleship hit" "New Honolulu air raids told"

13 Dec 1941 Front and page A

"Japs hurled back in Pacific"

14 Dec 1941 Front, pages A and B "Japs lose Luzon toe holds"

15 Dec 1941 Front and page B

"U.S. planes sink four Japanese ships, Dutch navy two others"

16 Dec 1941 Front, pages A and B "Knox discloses losses in Hawaii as 2897 killed, six warships sunk"

19 Dec 1941 Front and page A

"Army-Navy victories scored in Pacific war"

28 Dec 1941 Front and page 2

"Japs demand Filipinos surrender"

3 Jan 1942

Front and page A

"U.S. fights on as Manila falls"

4 Jan 1942

Front and page 2

"Corregidor beats off Japs"

6 Jan 1942

Front

"U.S. sinks Jap warship"

8 Jan 1942

Front

"American and Jap fleets fighting in Western Pacific, Tokyo says"

9 Jan 1942

Front

"U.S. sub destroys four ships; Jap navy loss at Wake boosted"

12 Jan 1942 Front

"Japanese invade Dutch Indies; U.S. cripples enemy battleship"

13 Jan 1942 Front

"Allies blast Japan warships"

14 Jan 1942 Front and page A

"Jap troops smashed and routed in fierce Philippine artillery battle"

16 Jan 1942 Front

"Seventh Japanese vessel sunk by U.S. submarines in Pacific"

19 Jan 1942 Front

"Luzon smashes new onslaught; Burma Premier seized as traitor"

20 Jan 1942 Front

"U.S. bombers reach Malaya"

21 Jan 1942 Front

"U.S. mosquito boat torpedoes Jap ship in daring Luzon raid"

23 Jan 1942 Front

"Japanese invade Australian island; Huge army attacks MacArthur"

24 Jan 1942 Front

"Japs try for knockout blow; Allies bag 21 planes, 8 ships"

26 Jan 1942 27 Jan 1942 28 Jan 1942 2 Feb 1942 3 Feb 1942 4 Feb 1942 5 Feb 1942 6 Feb 1942 13 Feb 1942 15 Feb 1942 18 Feb 1942 19 Feb 1942 20 Feb 1942 21 Feb 1942 22 Feb 1942 28 Feb 1942 1 Mar 1942 2 Mar 1942 4 Mar 1942 6 Mar 1942 7 Mar 1942 8 Mar 1942 13 Mar 1942 14 Mar 1942 15 Mar 1942 20 Mar 1942 22 Mar 1942 24 Mar 1942 25 Mar 1942 30 Mar 1942 3 Apr 1942

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"U.S. navy sinks five more! MacArthur's charge rips Jap line" "Navy torpedoes Jap carrier" "Jap ship losses mount to 146" "Navy raids Jap islands" "U.S. flyers rip Malaya bases" "U.S. sea forces join MacArthur" "Singapore, Luzon defenders hold" "New U.S. planes battle over Java" "U.S. sinks 16 Jap ships" "Air-borne invasion of Sumatra launched by great Jap armada" "Japan pincers tighten on Java, bastion of Indies" "Japs bomb Australia naval base" "Japs invade Timor, peril Australia" "Invasion armies advance on Java" "18 Jap ships hit off Java" "War fleets battling in Java Sea" "Japanese land on Java" "Japs push 40 miles into Java" "Navy smashes Jap bomber attack in mid-Pacific, downs 16 planes" "Allies fall back in Java" "Huge U.S. Pacific drive!" "Java totters under Jap blows" "U.S. sub sinks four Jap ships" "Japs drive to cut off Australia" "21 ships lost in battle" "Jap invasion bases blasted" "Japs open new Bataan offensive" "U.S. subs hit 6 ships off Japan; Heavy losses stall Australia drive" "U.S. aces bag 40 enemy planes; Japs face Australian air defeat" "Bataan routs furious assault; Japs' Australian drive stalled" "Japs trapped in Luzon drive"

5 Apr 1942 8 Apr 1942 10 Apr 1942 11 Apr 1942 13 Apr 1942 16 Apr 1942 18 Apr 1942 19 Apr 1942 26 Apr 1942 3 May 1942 4 May 1942 6 May 1942 8 May 1942 9 May 1942 10 May 1942 4 June 1942 5 June 1942 6 June 1942 7 June 1942 8 June 1942 9 June 1942 12 June 1942 13 June 1942 16 June 1942 21 June 1942 22 June 1942 23 June 1942 24 June 1942 25 June 1942 26 June 1942 29 June 1942 30 June 1942 26 July 1942 9 Aug 1942

Front and page 5 Front and page A Front and page A Front and page 5 Front and page 3 Front and page A Front Front and page 5 Front and page 2 Front Page A Front Front and page A Front and pages 2 & 3 Front and page 3 Front and page A Front Front and page 3 Front and page 2 Front and page A Front and page A Front, pages A and B Front, pages 2 and 7 Front and page A Page 14 Page 8 Page B Page 6 Page 4 Page 5 Front Front and page A Front and page 3 Front and page 2

"U.S. subs sink Japanese cruiser and torpedo 6 other naval ships" "Philippine war crisis near; U.S. lines pounded by hordes of Japs" "Corregidor battles on; Jap hordes crush epic Bataan stand" "Bataan soldiers' escape told" "Corregidor beats off 12 new air assaults" "U.S. officers rescued as bombers from Australia raid Philippines" "Tokyo bombed! Allied craft hit capital" "Japs fear bombing of four cities start of huge U.S. air offensive" "U.S. troops occupy French isle; New Caledonia guards Pacific" "2 Jap transports blasted" "What are the possibilities of attacking the islands of Japan?" "Corregidor surrenders; U.S. announces fortress' fall" "Huge Pacific sea battle; 15 Jap ships blasted by U.S. Navy" "Jap armada smashed! Fleeing ships pursued" "U.S. naval losses light; MacArthur refutes Jap battle claims" "Jap planes bomb Alaska navy base twice in day" "Jap carrier, battleship blasted in Midway raid" "Japs suffer heavy loss in great Midway battle" "Two Jap carriers sunk; 13 more ships damaged" "Fleeing Japs suffer new losses as sea battle ends" "Navy pilot tells eyewitness story of epic sea victory near Midway" "Army flyers tell of Midway fight" "Japs land in Aleutian Isles" "8 more Jap ships blasted; Cruiser sunk off Aleutians" "`Bataan Diary' by Lieut. Thomas Patrick Gerrity, United States Air Corps"

"Navy lists vast Jap sea losses; Four carriers sunk at Midway" "Army bombers blast Wake Island" "Five Jap ships sunk by U.S. "Navy opens Pacific offensive; Smashes at Jap island bases"

10 Aug 1942 11 Aug 1942 12 Aug 1942 13 Aug 1942 14 Aug 1942 16 Aug 1942 18 Aug 1942 22 Aug 1942 28 Aug 1942 30 Aug 1942 31 Aug 1942

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"U.S. widens Pacific drive; Allied bombers hit Japs in rear" "U.S. invades Islands; Forces landed on Solomons" "Japanese badly battered at Kiska; U.S. holding ground in Solomons" "Marines dig in on three islands; Naval battle raging at Solomons" "Solomons airfield falls, Japs driven into isle jungle" "U.S. wins Tulagi bases" "Japs routed in Solomons; Navy wins night battle, marines get firm hold" "Marines massacre Japs; Solomon landing party wiped out" "Japs flee in Solomons; Fleet vanquished by U.S. air power" "Navy's story of Solomons; Japs on six islands wiped out" "Japs beaten at Milne Bay"

TOTAL PAGES 176

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