Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, June 11 – 17, 1942

June 11, 1942: Japanese Army enters into Chinese city of Nancheng, unleashing a reign of terror in retaliation of Doolittle Raid earlier in the year. The photo above is from a different incident during Japan’s long war in China

June 12, 1942: Allies decide to build airstrip at Milne Bay, New Guinea

June 13, 1942: President Franklin D. Roosevelt sets up the Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency

June 14, 1942: 5th Marine Regiment, first echelon of 1st Marine Division, arrives in New Zealand

June 15, 1942: General Joe Stilwell, top US commander in the China theater, is on cover of Life magazine

June 16, 1942: At Santa Anita detention center outside Los Angeles, 1,200 Japanese-Americans at factory producing camouflage nets for the US Army strike for better conditions

June 17, 1942: Japanese bombers raid Port Moresby, southern New Guinea

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