OKINAWA AS AIR BASE
Commander Satisfied GUAM, July 23. Satisfaction with Okinawa as an air base for attacks against Japan, and also, if necessary, targets in China and Manchuria, and even Mongolia, was expressed by Lieu-tenant-General J. 11. Doolittle (Commander ok the C.S. Eighth Air Force) when he inspected the site of his new' headquarters. About half of the United States Eighth Air Force has been deployed. Some personnel have remained in Europe, and others are in the United States for training. The attainment of the Eighth Air Force’s maximum strength is contingent upon the acquisition of an airfield establishment and logistical support for communications. Lieutenant-General Doolittle said the Eighth Air Force’s Super-Fortresses would attack Japan this month.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23262, 25 July 1945, Page 5
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118OKINAWA AS AIR BASE Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23262, 25 July 1945, Page 5
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