From Feb. 19th Sky News Australia "Darwin remembers World War II bombing."
About a thousand people gathered at Darwin, Australia's cenotaph for a memorial ceremony. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Gov.-General Bryce and veterans were there.
Shortly before 10 AM, air raid sirens sounded at the same moment they did back on Feb. 19, 1942, one minute before the attack began.
That attack was the first of two Japanese air strikes on the city that day and the first of 64 between then and November 1943.
Altogether, there were 100 air attacks on towns inthe Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
Before the Movie "Australia" I Had Never Heard of the Attack on Darwin. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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