AMERICAN FLEET
PREPARING TO MOVE
BIG FORCE IN SOUTH PACIFIC (Rec. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, June 9.
The United States fleet is preparing for new action in the South Pacific, declared Colonel Frank Knox, United States Secretary of the Treasury, speaking to a graduating class at the United States Naval Academy today, according to a message from Annapolis. He said: "On the South Pacific front one of the strongest American fleets ever assembled keeps watch and prepares for fresh activity," and added: "The Allies are making gratifying progress in the Battle of the Atlantic, though that vital sea contest is by no means won."
Commenting on the global nature of the war, Colonel Knox said there was a lot of irresponsible talk about a "second front." There were already eight fronts: the Western Mediterranean, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the South Atlantic, the South Pacific, the North Pacific, the RussoGerman, and the Chinese.—B.O.W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 136, 10 June 1943, Page 5
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