Word: islanded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Trumpeted Douglas MacArthur: "For strategic purposes this marks the practical end of the New Guinea campaign. The final stage has also been reached in the offense initiated in this theater on June 29, 1943 [Rendova Island attack...
...beachhead - of the "final stage" went off smoothly. At Biak, largest of the is lands in the Schouten group, it was clear dawn. Offshore, the invasion task force under Rear Admiral William M. Fechteler hove to before the rock-pointed sandy beach at the southeastern heel of the island. From cruisers and destroyers poured a 19-minute barrage...
...Japanese were still struggling on Bougainville Island in the Solomons almost 1,400 miles to the rear, still held the battered and all but useless base of Rabaul on New Britain. Battle still flared in the Wakde-Sarmi area and the Japanese had many troops on the south side of Netherlands New Guinea. Nevertheless, MacArthur's milestone statistics were impressive. Since Rendova the Allies...
...stood inside his island chain and wondered what would happen next...
...center of the Pacific front the Navy shook a heavy fist at Japan's front door. One of the most powerful task forces the Pacific has ever seen reached out to within 1,200 miles of Tokyo, sent off carrier planes to bombard Marcus Island...