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Show CHURCHILL TELLS OF AMERICAN WAR ACHIEVEMENTS The speeches delivered before the House of Commons by Prime Minister Min-ister Winston Churchill ought to reveal interesting information about events connected with the war and almost always describes the world situation in appropriate strategic terms. In his latest speech, delivered early in July, the Prime Minister calls attention to "splendid American Ameri-can achievements," which have not received the attention they deserve in Great Britain. He explained that "the balance of, naval power in the Pacific had been definitely altered al-tered in our favor," relieving the position in Australia and in the Indian theatres. Mr. Churchill said that "from some of their successful attacks on Japanese aircraft carriers," only one American aircraft returned out of ten. In others, he adds, the loss was more than half, but the work was done. This is the first indication of the intensity of the engagement between be-tween American and Japanese carriers car-riers in the Coral Sea and around Midway. It should give Americans some idea of the heroic service being be-ing rendered by the men who fly our fighting aircraft. |