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...Truk was bombed nine times in five days-five times by Seventh Air Force bombers from the new U.S. bases in the Marshalls, four times by General MacArthur's Fifth and Thirteenth Air Forces...
...Other bombers of the Thirteenth Air Force took out Kapingamarangi, south of Truk...
...Business. Palau, which lies more than 1,100 miles west of Truk, also lies nearly 1,100 miles northwest of General MacArthur's farthest outpost in the Admiralties. On this deep thrust into Japanese waters the Navy went with no light task force, but with a full-fledged battle fleet. Of the 50 carriers which Secretary Knox last week announced were in the Pacific, many took part. So did enough battleships to challenge the main Japanese fleet...
This time the target beyond the dark horizon was Palau, 1,176 miles due west of Truk, only 550 miles short of the Philippines. And this time it was a far bigger operation than any the U.S. Navy had previously undertaken in the Pacific. In fact, both in its execution and in its objective, this was an operation involving the whole Pacific theater...
...Matthias Islands are flat, well suited for fighter and bomber strips. They lie only 625 miles from Truk. Admiral Nimitz' forces at Eniwetok are 775 miles from Truk. Now another junction appeared in the offing...