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...admirals had expected to find in the famed landlocked waters of Truk a big piece of the strongest oriental navy since the Turks got licked by Venice & Co. at Lepanto in 1571. Instead the warships found by the Navy's bombers at Truk would scarcely have made a small task force...
Said Navy Secretary Knox: "Our general information was that Truk was one of the strongest bases of the enemy. They withdrew [the fleet] from Truk, there's no doubt about it." And in his opinion "they" made a mistake. "Truk," said ever-ready Frank Knox, "was the place to fight...
...beyond denying Truk the defense to which it was entitled, the Japs didn't seem to want to fight at Saipan, Tinian, Guam-bastions far to the northwest of Truk. Rear Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's carrier forces hit these bases and Truk within the space of five days (see col. 3), probably without returning to base to refuel or rearm...
Said the Navy communique: "The Pacific fleet has returned in Truk the visit made by the Japanese fleet on Dec. 7, 1941, and effected the partial settlement of the debt...
Then the Marines joined Colonel Ayer's Army infantrymen, swept up & down the atoll. The U.S. had an atoll from which land-based planes might continue the assault on Truk, only 760 miles away. It also had a new "farthest west" position in the enemy's Central Pacific empire...