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A Q 0 tf 4 JN HH V 4 Hi 4 H 4 9 HUH 4 l f m 4 t m W HH p n. n 4 HH H 4 UH HH J 44 M r. r V 4 I p J 4 4 4 mi H H H H H H H Hi H S U Hi H Pres riss Map Mop Solomons Campaign Ends March of co conquest t which began August Augus 7 7 1942 with in invasion invasion in in- v sion of Gu Guadalcanal and came to tc an end with al allied d d' d la landings dings in the Green reen islands Monday and Tu Tuesday Last p phase as of f the he drive isolated Ja Japs n Bougainville le I 1 Buka Choiseul and the I fr from m t their source of supplies s' s at R baul New Britain J f I 1 1 r I Mac ys Arlhur Says Victory ry Complete le In Solomon S lomon Ir Is Isles s B By Associated Pr Press s sIn In lii the wake of vit s swift new new island landings General MacArthur an announced an an- I nou flounced ced the end of t the month 19 1 old Solomons campaign Wednesday Wednes Wednesday ye day But declared that i in order to assure final victory in the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- we we must d defeat feat Japans Japan's army American Amerian and N New w Zealand troops moved into inlo the Green Is Islands Islands is Is- lands Monday and Tuesday in a surp surprise ise operation which MacArthur MacArthur MacAr MacAr- thur said isolated Japanese on Bougainville Buka Choiseul and the from their sources of supply supply at New Britain miles mUes to the west The achieved with only slight opposition carried the te allies s to the very ver tip tp of the Solomons Solo Solo- mons mors arch archipelago pelago providing valuable valuable abl able blockade running b bas bases a a e s squarely qu r ly between en target of ot almost d daily iy air raids and invaded in invaded in in- Bougainville vie It I climaxed a mile mie march the that through Solomons began August 7 1942 when United States States' marines landed on and G Guadalcanal and swept north Continued on 01 Pa Page Pae e Four Column Four our r MacArthur Says Victory Complete In Solomon Isles Continued from Page Pre One through the he New Georgia group General MacArthur said For all aU strategic military purposes this completes the campaign for the Solomon islands As for the trapped Japanese troops the southwest Pacific noted the neutralization tion on of the enemy's northern Solomons Solomons Solomons Solo Solo- mons airfields and blocking of the barge jarge supply traffic from and nd declared their ultimate fate fates is s s sealed aled In a a. special statement issued eIght ight hours after his MacArthur asserted however that Japan apan cannot be defeated through blockade lockade and bombing alone lust Must Defeat Army We must defeat Japans Japan's army he said and nd for that purpose our strategy I must d devise ways and means to bring our ground forces into nto contact with his aO aD decisive points Whether MacArthur had the vast mainland in mind was Va not clear But he did call attention to Japans Japan's immense holdings on the Asiatic continent Manchuria Korea Korea Ko Ko- iCo- iCo rea rca and northern China and observed observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served that her outlying islands of the Pacific represent an outpost outpost out- out post lost position important it is true but ut no longer decisive Admiral Chester V. V W. W Nimitz commander In chief of the Pacific fleet leet expressed belief better recently that Japan would have to be defeated from land bases bases' in China Bombing Continues I 1 Still there was no letup In the ther r regular gular air pounding at key Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese positions in the southwest Pacific and if the seabees who landed In the Green Islands follow tel fol low their Solomons pattern there soon may be a now new allied airfield easy striking distance of ot those these bases The deteriorating enemy stronghold strong strong- hold bold of ot was attacked again Monday with tons of bombs strewn on its three airdromes Eight planes were destroyed on ontIe tile tIe ground and between en seven and 12 of the 40 Interceptors f shot hot down We Ve lost three fighters On near near-by New Ireland heavy bombers dropped tons of ot bombs on and airdromes without interception and airdrome in the Admiralty Admiralty Ad Ad- islands was pounded with 90 gO tons for the second straight day The Tokyo radio reported without without with with- out confirmation that American naval units bombarded Taroa Is Island Island island is- is land of atoll in the Marshalls Marshalls Mar- Mar haUg Monday declaring tho Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese garrison the sea forces and drove t them em off oCt Major ajor General Charles H. H Corlett Corlett Corlett Cor- Cor lett commander of the Seventh army division which participated in the capture of atoll atoU in the Marshalls earlier this month di disclosed closed that two Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese admirals were among the Japanese killed In the campaign campaign campaign cam cam- D S S |