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...broadcast, Fleet Admiral Nimitz called the current period "the pre-invasion stage." One of his amphibious commanders, Vice Admiral Daniel Barbey, had a sort of timetable: "We can complete plans for a small landing within 30 days; for a larger one, maybe 60 days, and for a really big one in 90 days." How Much Bombing? Most of these statements were the by-product of press conferences...
...most localized testing ground-the great Okinawa base-there was evidence of inherent confusion. Into its 485 square miles were packed many thousands of men with many bosses: MacArthur had his ground forces, Nimitz his shore establishments and Spaatz was setting up his B-29 housekeeping command. In addition, both MacArthur and Nimitz had their own air commands...
Until last month, when all Army forces (except the Washington-directed strategic bombers) were turned over to MacArthur and all the Navy to Nimitz, the mixed forces on each island were under a theater commander-e.g., Nimitz had the Seventh Air Force and several infantry divisions, MacArthur the Seventh Fleet and some Marine flyers...
This partially solved jigsaw puzzle still left out some stray pieces: the Army's Seventh Fighter Command, a part of the Seventh Air Force, is based mostly on Iwo Jima and under Navy command. It escorts not MacArthur's nor Nimitz' planes over Japan, but Spaatz...
Wags in the Pacific, only a little more enlightened by last week's air command changes, looked at the overall setup, cracked: "Spaatz will fly to Japan, Nimitz will swim and MacArthur will walk...