NEW COMMAND ANNOUNCED
GROWTH OF PACIFIC FLEET - WASHINGTON, (Rec. 9.15 p.m.) June. 17. As the South Pacific has Become relatively quiet, Admiral Halsey has been relieved of his command in the South Pacific area, but the South Pacific force will henceworth be under the command of the Third Fleet, which will operate in the Pacific in the same way as the Fifth Fleet, operating under the command of Admiral Spruance, says a Pacific Fleet press release. The Pearl Harbour correspondent of the United Press says that Admiral Halsey’s new command means that the Pacific Fleet has now grown to such proportions that it is possible to divide it into two armadas, each containing all the offensive, weapons necessary to accomplish any mission.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25565, 19 June 1944, Page 4
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