NOW ON OFFENSIVE
POSITION OF UNITED NATIONS
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, January 1. - Asked if he foresaw United Nations offensives in all parts of the world shortly, Admiral W. F. Halsey replied: *'I definitely hope SO." ' ■ ; ' Asked if we had passed to the offensive he replied: "Definitely." "Do you foresee the bombing of the Japanese mainland?" he was asked, and replied: "I hope so." Asked on behalf of the fighting forces whether there was a good liberty town in the I offing, he replied: "Liberty for thej boys, yes. . We will bypass all the smaller towns and let them loose in Tokio. That will be a liberty town they will really enjoy." During the interview, Captain Miles Browning, the Chief of Staff, interposed: "I think the Admiral will agree that it is safe to say that now we are engaged in a highly hazardous effort to rescue some white women from an island where they are in imminent danger of violation or death." Captain Browning did not elucidate further.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 2, 4 January 1943, Page 5
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NOW ON OFFENSIVE
Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 2, 4 January 1943, Page 5
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