An attack on Broome occurred about two weeks after this battle, whose goal was to stop support of the (*) Dutch East Indies Campaign.
Description acceptableA rescued dog named Gunner assisted one side in this event. Lieutenant Thomas H. Moorer survived the destruction of the Florence D during this battle. Immediately before this event, a PBY Catalina was destroyed near Melville Island. Several desertions of a unit commanded by Stuart Griffith occurred in the wake of this event, which was investigated by the Lowe Commission. An attack on Broome occurred about two weeks after this battle, whose goal was to stop support of the (*) Dutch East Indies Campaign. Mitsuo Fushida commanded forces on one side of this battle, and the four aircraft carriers used here were later destroyed at the Battle of Midway. For 10 points, name this 1942 battle in which the Japanese navy bombed a harbor in Australia.
Description acceptableA rescued dog named Gunner assisted one side in this event.
bombing of Darwin (accept equivalents indicating a Japanese air raid on Darwin)