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Singapore's fall was a kick in the stomach to Burma. If the Jap can keep to his schedule, his next stops are Sumatra and Java, Rangoon and the Burma Road. Had Singapore's collapse been delayed for perhaps another fortnight, a warmer reception might have been prepared for the Japs in Rangoon...
Home to Sharon. The Navy Department said that "Tommy" Hart gave up his command with honor, and by his own request. He had extricated his Asiatic Fleet of cruisers, destroyers, submarines and an aircraft carrier from Manila and placed them in Java, where they could stab at the Jap's invading convoys. He had directed the aggressive naval action in Macassar Strait. But his years and burdens told; Washington heard some weeks ago that he was ill. President Roosevelt announced that Admiral Hart-now eight months past the usual retirement age-would come home for a while. He probably...
...Home to Java. The Royal Netherlands Navy in the Indies had its differences with the U.S. Naval Command early in the war, but the quarrel was not with Admiral Hart, nor between Admirals Hart and Helfrich. It was between Batavia and Washington. After Admiral Helfrich took command, the U.P. correspondent in Batavia significantly cabled: "Admiral Helfrich is convinced that . . . the enemy not only can be stopped but driven back. He strongly opposes the idea of basing the United Nations' naval forces in Australia, contending that . . . the most suitable Australian base, at Port Darwin, is not suited to operational plans...
...Helfrich plan is simple and direct, based upon a minute knowledge of Indies waters: to strike & strike again & again at the Japanese supply lines. For most of his naval life, Java-born Admiral Helfrich has done nothing but study war with the Japanese. His Navy* was designed for shifty, aggressive action within the narrow East Indian waters. In the first 54 days of war his ships and cooperating Dutch planes sank 54 Japanese vessels. "Ship-a-day Helfrich," the Dutch soon called him. His ideas dominated the enlarging and equipping of Java's main naval base at Surabaya, where...
Thus Cunningham, blasting his own hot air at the "hot air" of the architects who are working toward a more secure world community after the guns cool off, is as backward in his own way as the irreconcilables of twenty years ago. Americans are now giving their lives in Java, the Philippines, and North Africa for a cause upon which no one is agreed. Only if we can give their children a chance to enjoy a life safe from bombings, international anarchy, and moral regimentation, will their death have been justified...