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U.S. submarines, prowling the far Pacific in ever-greater numbers, reported last week their juiciest bag: among 27 Japanese vessels sunk, seven were combat craft, and of the seven, one was a large aircraft carrier. Twice previously the undersea raiders had been credited with enemy flattops "probably sunk"; in the...
While the Army has indicated what kind of a postwar military establishment it would like to have (TIME, Nov. 20), the Navy has kept a cautious silence. Last week a hint of Navy hopes came out. Navy Secretary Forrestal announced that a board of naval officers would try to figure...
Navy Secretary Forrestal, "in the best interests ... of the U.S.," labeled the report of his special court "top secret" and "secret" and locked it up. Mr. Stimson did the same. He was convinced, he said, that any other course would hurt the war effort, and even jeopardize American lives.
Full Responsibility. Messrs. Stimson and Forrestal, on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, had also given citizens something to think about.
In Boston Charles B. Rugg, counsel for Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, issued a statement saying that Forrestal's "suggested procedure is a spacious pretext to keep the truth of Pearl Harbor hidden from Dec. 7, 1941 to Nov. 7, 1944. This inconsistent and dilatory procedure is unjust to Admiral...