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Show What Capture of Admiralty Islands Mean? M PACIFIC PHILIPPINES cuAM.aO C E A N fe J B&3 .iW PALAU ' .JR4r aV ADMIRALTY ISLANDS NEW GUINEAfexsk,, AU STR ALI Ajjpjg' 3 The capture of Momote airdrome on Los Ncgros island in the Admiral ty group by U. S. troops places the Allied forces in a strategic position to strike at the enemy in many of his Southwest Pacific strongholds. Planes and carrier task forces can make raids from the new base. Arrows show distances these units would have to travel to Palau, Truk, Guam and Philippines. Jap forces at Rabaul, Kavlcng and in New Guinea (black area) are flanked. |