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...Guadalcanal. "The Japs attacked us and we suffered 85 casualties," said one marine. "Two thousand dead Jap bodies presented a disposal problem." In a little attack of their own the Marines slipped across their western boundary at the Matanikau River, cheerfully seized two 75-mm. guns that had been shelling them. This week, supported by fighters, by dive-bombers which knocked out Jap guns, and even by Flying Fortresses, the Marines pushed back that boundary a couple of miles...
...Naval officers this week described the hot surface engagement off Guadalcanal Oct. 11-12, claiming one Jap cruiser sunk by gunfire, three others badly...
When the smoke cleared, ten or more U.S. fighter craft and several cargo planes had been destroyed on the ground. The Japs had attacked on schedule as the rain-laden monsoon blew itself out. Next day United Nations planes struck back, raiding Jap bases in Burma...
...known carrier force of the Navy to three, plus some converted merchantmen which are of limited combat value. Atlantic requirements and unreported, but always possible damage to remaining carriers may at any time reduce the U.S. Pacific strength to two, one-or zero. Even allowing for reported damage to Jap carriers last week (see p. 27), Japan may have a two-or three-to-one margin-although most of her carriers are somewhat smaller...
...pilots winging over the head-hunter-inhabited Naga Hills on a routine patrol flight toward Burma were the first to spot the Japanese attack force heading into India. A few Jap planes were drawn into battle, but most of them roared on toward the Assam terminus of the aerial Burma Road...