COL. KNOX UNDER FIRE
TWICE BOMBED BY JAPS
NEW YORK, February 1.
In the course of his 20,000-mile tour in the Pacific, the Secretary of the Navy, Colonel Knox, was twice bombed by the Japanese, first in a sevenhour raid at Guadalcanal, and later in a short attack at Espirutu Santo, in the' New Hebrides. With him were Admirals Nimitz and Halsey. The "New York Times" correspondent at Pearl Harbour says that the only dark side of Colonel Knox's picture of the war was a reference to the German submarine warfare in the Atlantic. He admitted that further shipping losses could be expected, and said that the inadequate production of escort vessels presented a difficult problem—"but this is one victory which we must and will win." He added that the Germans were obviously concentrating their entire shipbuilding capacity on submarines. Colonel Knox did not visit Australia or New Zealand, but he met many Australian and New Zealand fighting men, whom he complimented highly.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 27, 2 February 1943, Page 5
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