CONTROL OF ISLAND
NEW ADVANTAGE FOR
AMERICANS
(Rec. 11.30 a.m.) NEW YORK. February 16. Complete control of Guadalcanal gives the United Nations a new aerial advantage, writes Norman Lodge of the Associated Pressfropi United States headquarters in the South Pacific.
He points, out that the Liberators, Fortresses, and other heavy bombers, previously based further south, are now able to reach Truk and other central Pacific Japanese strongholds from Guadalcanal. It is imperative, he adds, that the United States should seize another island further north as a base for protecting fighters as well as light bombers "Admiral Halsey," he says, "prefers to le,t the enemy build a base and then move in a landing force to take control, as he did at Guadalcanal. The Japanese therefore are forced to split their defence force among all their , bases in this area, such as Munda, Russell Island, Bougainville, and Rekata Bay."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1943, Page 5
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148CONTROL OF ISLAND Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 40, 17 February 1943, Page 5
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