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' i gave heartened gr und troops as asBlstance assistance assistance Blstance sistance by machine gunning and andbombing andbombIng ancbombing bombing the Nips in low level levelattacks levela leveattacks leveattacksFrom a attacks ( tacks attacksFrom tacksFrom From his headquarter headquarters * In the theSouthwest theSouthwest th thSouthwest Southwest Pacinc Pacific Gen Douglas DouglasMacArthur DouglasMacArthur DouglasMacArthur MacArthur declaredThe dec declared declaredTha larcd larcdThe Tha The margin was close but It Itwas 1was itwas . was conclusIveAlthough conclusiveAlthough conclusive conclusiveAlthough Although for many reasons our ourvictories ourvictories ouivictorie victories * may have lacked In h-i h i - glam glamJrous glamorous gl morou Jrous orous ( * focus tocus they have been de dedsive declsisre decisiv dsive clsisre In the final result in the thePacUlc thePacific thePacUlc thePacUlcI PacUlc Pacific PacUlcI PacificI I make no predictions as to the thetime thetIme thetime time and aud arid detail but Japan on the thePaclflc thePacific thePacific Paclflc Pacific fronts has exhausted the thefullest thefullest th thfullest < fullest resources of the concentrat concentrated concentrated ed attack ofwhich of which shewas she was capableSICILY capable capableSICILY SICILY : Feii Few ? 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" - pulled out of ofthe ofthe ofthe the embattled Islai islal Islat dWith d dWith With the bulk of tt U Ii c e Allies 10 dlvl divl dlvlsions divllions divllions sions lions bearing down through the theslopmg thesloping thesloping slopmg sloping valley val1f"Y val1fY " bel w Ml Mt . htna r.tna rtna Lina to toencompass toencompass toencompass encompass the 1 I st t two t\\o t o to \ , importantc Importantmn Important C ( < mn mnu u ication icotiori li II es rui rUt r i [ ing ng north northand northsod northand and sod south ar at d with fleets of "bombera bombera " bomb bombrs omb ombers ers rs pulverizing pulvenzlng in I j [ orta it lt t Axis con concentrat conentrat concentral centrat entrat v J ( ) ' or < ' .Fenters Fenters jenters . 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