BYRON DARNTON'S LAST DISPATCH
NEW YORK, October 21. In his last dispatch from the New Guinea war front before he was accidentally killed, the "New York Times" correspondent, Byron Darnton, summed up his personal experiences and presented his conclusions.
Of the philosophies and post-war aims of the .'American soldiers, he wrote: "Victory will be well used by the young men who are doing our fighting. They are thinking about the war's end not only in terms of getting home to their wives and sweethearts but also in terms of what kind of world we will have when peace comes.
"The politician who preaches normalcy at the end of the war will find hard-headed opposition. He will find greater love of peace than ever, coupled with a realisation that peace is not automatic, but must be secured by keeping the United States strong on sea and land.
"It is stirring to see this attitude in our fighting men. It makes the dust all right, the flies all right, and the heat all right.
"A man can see his countrymen building with blood, sweat, and toil a firm resolution that their sons shall not die under bombs, but shall have peace because they will know how to preserve the peace."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 99, 23 October 1942, Page 5
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