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USS Panay incident in 1937...
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December 15, 1937
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, December 15, 1937
* USS Panay incident
* Yangtze River, Nanjing, China
This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "WITNESS SAYS U.S. GUNBOAT FOUGHT BACK ON ATTACKS" and more with map of the area of the incident. The USS Panay incident on the Yangtza River in China.
Other news of the day. Little spine wear, otherwise in good condition.
wikipedia notes: The Panay incident was a Japanese attack on the United States Navy gunboat Panay while she was anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing on December 12, 1937.
Japan and the United States were not at war at the time. The Japanese claimed that they did not see the United States flags painted on the deck of the gunboat, apologized, and paid an indemnity. Nevertheless, the attack and the subsequent Allison incident in Nanjing caused U.S. opinion to turn against the Japanese.
Fon Huffman, the last survivor of the incident, died in 2008.
Category: The 20th Century
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