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Show What Capture of Admiralty Islands Means m PACI FIC PHILIPPINES guajvuO C E A N W PAlAU ? ' ADMIRALTY ISLANDS NEW GUlNEfc AUSTRALIAg' b The capture of Momote airdrome on Los Ncgros island in the Admiralty 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 Patau, Truk, Guam and Philippines. Jap forces at Rabanl, Kavieng and in New Guinea (black area) are Banked. |