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TRUTH PEOPLES
IN TURBULENT TIMES NATIONS
A STRONGER A MORE STABLE
TOMORROW WORLD
GREVARA NEWS NETWORK
VOL. XLVI, NO. 627 GRAND ISLES EDITION 23 FEBRUARY 1227

MARINES TAND INTO TH FIRE AT KORA

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Silvian marines wade ashore under heavy fire on Korava as shell bursts strike the beach and defended bluffs above. GNN PHOTO / R. VASKO_

Silvian marines land on Korava the defended bluffs while naval The landing is underway, but a

under concentrated fire
Kelonese Imperial Naval
Landing craft strike the

from guns fire inland. Medical parties connected and secure beachhead
Infantry. work in exposed collection points is not yet confirmed.
beach amid as reinforcements arrive through

shell bursts, wreckage and wounded | _ the same beaten water. The

men waiting in the surf.

Units defenders retain the heights.

establish scattered footholds below

THE SITUATION
AT A GLANCE

Silvian Marines are assaulting Korava, a heavily defended Kelonese-held island.

Beach landings continue under heavy fire. The defenders hold the heights.

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