Word: rabaul
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...Japs' mighty convoy sped on. Their naval forces bore down from the north; transports, assembled at Buin and Rabaul, sailed on the right flank...
Ships in the Japanese anchorage in the Buin-Faisi area and at Rabaul were slapped night after night by heavy and medium bombers from General MacArthur's command. Army pilots saw one cruiser blow up. Total hits claimed by MacArthur: 36, including one carrier and five cruisers...
...find enough cruisers and destroyers for task-force duty, screening carriers and battleships, raiding enemy concentrations. That is one reason why the loss of the Astoria, Vincennes and Quincy was serious, why the U.S. showed to no better advantage in the Solomons waters, why the Army air blows at Rabaul and Buin-Faisi area were intensified last week...
...ease, take the whole chain of islands down through the New Hebrides to New Caledonia (see map), and then have only the narrow moat of the Coral Sea between them and Australia. But if the U.S. holds Guadalcanal, and can force its way up the chain as far as Rabaul, then the Allies will have a series of bases from which to build a major offensive against the Japs...
...Guinea, across the incredibly inefficient and arbitrary line dividing Army-Navy command in the area (see map). The Army has recently delighted the Navy by taking to low-level attacks. High-level "precision" bombing has not been too precise in the Pacific. Last week heavy bombers went into Rabaul at mast level, and sank or damaged ten ships...