Footage of U.S. B24s bombing Miri, Sarawak, Borneo.

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admin - Sun, 09/03/2017 - 10:32
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Another video of Miri during World War II, this time of B24 bombers dropping bombs near what is a very recognizable coastal shape to us Mirians - the Miri Peninsula - and the riverside oil refinery & storage, and possibly Pujut areas of that era to deny the Japanese invasion of the time of the oil supply.
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