RECENT VICTORY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1942, Page 5

RECENT VICTORY

MAGNITUDE NOT YET REALISED

DECISIVE ENCOUNTER

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, June 10. "It is generally believed here that the magnitude of America's victory off Midway Island is far greater than has yet been officially revealed," says the Washington correspondent of the "New York Herald Tribune." The correspondent adds: "Some time during the week the full story will be told to the nation, along with the longdelayed account of the Coral Sea battle. The official account is expected to reveal: — "First, that while Japan's numerical losses may not be much larger than . Admiral Chester W. Nimitz has estimated—l 3to 15 warships sunk or damae( gj—the decisiveness with which the enemy was routed will sui'pass all previous suggestions. "Secondly, that the American losses were so slight in comparison as to seem infinitesimal. "Thirdly, that the army, navy, and marines share alike in the glory, with Midway's land-based bombers playing a large part in the defeat of the Japanese. EVIDENCE OF GOOD NEWS. "Evidence of good news expected was furnished by. the faces of Colonel Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, and Admiral King when they left President Roosevelt's office after a twohour conference. Both looked extremely hap.py."The Wai- Department has released a | congratulatory message from the Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, to General Emmons, commander of the Hawaii Department, in which ■ General Marshall commended the bril- j liant part played by army bombers in the Midway battle, and also expressed j his deep appreciation of the very smooth efficiency with which General Emmons co-operated with Admiral Nimitz during the battle.