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Among the department's 1,500 reference maps, charts and photographs are some from the U.S. Hydrographic Office that show Truk and Guadalcanal in such detail that coral reefs and buildings as small as Chapin's office are visible-and a set of very detailed Admiralty charts of the French, Spanish and Italian coasts that Chapin dug up in anticipation of an Allied invasion practically anywhere. This week's TIME map of Tunisia was based on the French automobile blue book and the very hard-to-come-by Atlas des Colonies Francaises...
Admiral King presumably does not forget that in the Coral Sea-Solomons series of actions the Navy has announced loss of three aircraft carriers (not counting one lost at Midway), seven cruisers, 13 destroyers. In the same actions the Navy has claimed the definite sinking of one Japanese carrier, 12 cruisers, one battleship (and possibly another) and 17 destroyers. In the terms of remaining U.S. and Japanese strength-the only terms that count-this balance is favorable to the U.S. in every category except carriers, but the net effect on Pacific sea power is decidedly less than the bare figures...
According to Admiral King, the Coral Sea, Midway and the Solomons prove that the U.S. had what many people thought it still needed: true unity of command. He also said that...
...field, though he had had only three hours' rest from his previous mission. Despite an attack by 30 Japanese Zeros, several of which he shot down, Captain Pease made his run over the target. En route home his plane caught fire and was last seen plummeting toward the Coral...
...Battle of the Coral...