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Also on board was the New York Times's Meyer Berger, one of the most professional of U.S. reporters. He stayed with the train until it reached Fletcher General Hospital in Cambridge, Ohio, watching the faces of the wounded, listening to their talk as they came nearer & nearer home. It was a memorable ride. Next day Reporter Berger sent his newspaper a story which well & truly evoked the heartbreaking feelings of the returning soldier...
Last week the full realization of his hopes was not exactly near, but it seemed nearer than it ever had before. Much of the Pacific, and perhaps Malaya, must be cleared before the Navy, even in over whelming force, can open and sustain Chennault's cherished entry through the China coast. But the Navy has recognized his need and his potentialities. The Army must give him more planes, lick terrific problems of air supply before he can do his utmost within unopened China. But the Army, like the Navy, has at last recognized Chennault and China...
Military Strategy. "Any campaign Mountbatten leads from India cannot be a decisive blow at the Japs [and] can hardly get more decisive results than MacArthur's present campaign. . . . It's as clear as crystal that the great blow must come far nearer to the Japanese islands...
...planned their strategy to beat Germany first, and want Russia to exert her full strength in the West. But the question of Russia's Pacific policy will become a matter of red-hot concern in the U.S. when Germany falls; every day that brings Hitler's doom nearer also brings the Pacific question more to the fore...
...desperation took him a step nearer to man's hope last week. Into Manhattan's Cathedral of St. John the Divine filed some 5,000 Protestants, to inaugurate the Christian Mission on World Order, most important attempt to organize U.S. Protestants and their churches as a potent force for a just and durable peace...