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...ready to receive a first-hand report on the battle of the Southwest Pacific, brought to Washington by General Douglas MacArthur's air chief, Lieut. General George C. Kenney...
...some point not precisely discernible, MacArthur's star began to rise again. His airmen were able to do a bang-up job, flying men and supplies over the Owen Stanley range to his troops on New Guinea. The campaign for Papua succeeded. Lieut. General George C. Kenney, MacArthur's air-force commander, acquired a deep respect for him. His men just behind the New Guinea lines saw him in person (see cut). Upon combined ground and air power, he formulated a doctrine of Pacific offense: "A new form of campaign was tested . . . the offensive and defensive power...
...swooped low to strafe lifeboats and rafts. A destroyer, three merchantmen and a transport were sunk. Eight others were hit. One squadron of Mitchells, skip-bombing at mast level, got twelve hits, despite the nail of frantic Jap ack-ack. More Zeros appeared, but they too were shot down. Kenney's bombers were blasting at Lae, nearest Jap airdrome, with such ferocity that effective aid for the convoy could not get into...
...Kenney sent in his flyers for the final blow. Low-flying Havocs (A-20s) struck first. Fortresses returned with more 1,000-lb. bombs. Three] minutes later Mitchells roared down to machine-gun the battered, burning ships. Lightning fighters darted at a cloud of Zeros. A new wave of Fortresses came over, low. Flame cloaked a destroyer. A 5,000-ton merchantman burst open. Four others were hit. Low-flying fighters turned lifeboats towed by motor barges, and packed with Jap survivors, into bloody sieves. Loosed on the Japs was the same ferocity which they had often displayed. This time...
...Australia: "Our decisive success cannot fail to have a most important effect on the enemy's tactical plans. His campaign, at least for the time being, is completely dislocated. . . . Merciful Providence has guarded us in this great victory." General MacArthur's communiques neglected to mention General Kenney...