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...beachhead in Manchuria; his brilliant destruction of the Russian fleet was incidental to the main strategy. Similarly, in 1941, the attack on Pearl Harbor by naval aircraft and a few midget submarines was incidental to the main blows in Southeast Asia. Since then, from Midway to the Coral Sea, Jap admirals have risked their craft only to protect or extend beachheads...
Lieut. Robert Pershing Williams is a tall, lithe young man complete with a crew haircut. Out of Pierre, S.Dak. and the University of Washington, at 25 he is a veteran of naval flying. In the battle of the Coral Sea, flying from the ill-starred Lexington against a Jap carrier, he won the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism and conspicuous devotion to duty." Last week the Navy credited him with a remarkable record in another ocean against another foe: Germany's U-boats...
...Navy's one dive-bomber in wide service up to now. Outdated by later design as of Pearl Harbor, it was still all the Navy had, was still better than anything the enemy could show. Result: a spectacular record of destruction of enemy craft at Midway, the Coral Sea and in all the actions in the South Pacific...
Salmon's next duty station was aboard the light cruiser USS Detroit (3) where he served until assigned to the NSCS as an instructor in Supply in March of this year. Lieutenant Salmon has seen considerable action, including participation in the Battle of the Coral Sea. The lies tenant is married and has a daughter aged...
...make one small correction. You say that there "is serious talk of changing Bermuda from a millionaires' retreat to a popular, popular-priced Atlantic resort for the masses." That is not correct. We are planning to have as little change in Bermuda as possible; its blue seas and coral strands will offer rest and peace to old friends and new; we visualize Bermuda as a haven of delight for war-seared souls and bodies. To crystallize this ambition, for which we are already busily working, we have adopted the phrase "BERMUDA-after the war-the same enchanted island...