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This is Volume One of The Army Air Forces in World War II, titled Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942, edited by Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate. The University of Chicago Press first published it in 1948, and the Office of Air Force History reprinted it in 1983. The front matter explains how the AAF historical program was set up during the war. The index covers Pacific, Atlantic and European operations, and nothing in the text concerns unidentified aerial phenomena.
“Pacific Ocean”16 pages
N O T E S T O P A G E S 4 7 2 - 7 4 NOTES TO CHAPTER 13 I . Immediately after the fall of Cor- regidor, for instance, General MacArthur argued for development of a second front in the Pacific which, in addition to affording a necessary protection for Aus- tralia and India, would assist the U.S.S.R. by forcing a Japanese withdrawal from Siberia. (CM-IN-2333 [5-8-421, Mac- Arthur to Marshall, #176, 8 May 1942.) 2 . CM-IN-0469 (62-42), MacArthur to C/S, #217, 2 June 1942; CM-IN-2264, GHQ SWPA to C/S, #913, 8 June 1942. MacArthur argued that now was a pro- pitious moment to rush forces from the Indian and Atlantic oceans for temporary action against the Japanese. (CM-IN- 6409, MacArthur to C/S, #199, 23 M a y 1942.) Without such additional striking forces and greater security of commu- nications, he opposed a landing on Tulagi which had been suggested by the Navy. (CM-IN-8352 [5-29-421, GHQ SWPA to C/S, #840, 28 May 1942.) 3. Memo for Gen. Twining from Col. Frank Everest, Office of G-3, WDGS, 2 3 June 1942; draft memo for C/AS from Col. O.A. Anderson, AC/AS, Plans, 25 June 1942. General Marshall was inclined to support General MacArthur’s proposals. His staff was working on the logistics for an operation similar to one proposed by MacArthur, and he was preparing to urge the Navy to move two or three carriers into Australian waters and to suggest to the British that they move two or three of their carriers from the Indian Ocean, all to be available for operations against New Britain and New Ireland. (Msg. #204, Marshall to CinC/SWPA, 10 June 1942.) A later development of this plan was that the British units should operate against Timor with the support of army aircraft based in northwestern Australia. This action was to be co-ordinated with an operation in the South Pacific against Tulagi by an American task force includ- ing at least two carriers and supported by land-based aviation from northeast Australia, the New Hebrides, and New Caledonia. (CM-OUT-5704 [6-23-421, Marshall to CinC SWPA, # q 7 , 23 June 1942.) General MacArthur informed General Marshall that air strength in the Southwest Pacific was insufficient for support of operations both to the north- east and to the northwest. (CM-IN-7976 [6-24-42], GHQ SWPA to AGWAR, 4. CM-OUT-5704 (6-23-42), Mar- shall to CinC/SWPA, #277, 2 3 June 1942; memo for C/S from Brig. Gen. T.T. Handy, AC/S, OPD, 24 June 1942, in OPD 381 SWPA. See also other sources cited in preceding note. 5 . Sources in n. 3 ; CM-OUT4596 (6-26-42), Marshall to CinC/SWPA, 8289, 26 June 1942; CM-OUT-7366 (6- 28-42), Marshall to MacArthur, #300, 28 June 1942; CM-OUT-~SOI (6-29-42), Marshall to CinC/SWPA, #306, 29 June 1942; memos for Adm. King from Mar- shall, 26 June 1942, and for C/S from CinC US. Fleet, 26 June 1942, both in OPD 381 SWPA. MacArthur expressed a fear that the Navy’s proposals would reduce the Army’s functions to sub- sidiary ones and implied that army forces would be used largely for garrisoning the islands. (CM-IN9329 [6-28-42], MacArthur to Marshall, #254, 28 June 6. CM-lN-7976 (6-24-42), GHQ SWPA to AGWAR, #248, 24 June 1942. 7. Directive quoted in W a r Diary of ComSoPac for 4 July 1942. The agree- ment was a compromise between the MacArthur view that the campaign should be co-ordinated under his com- mand and the view of the Navy that the entire operation should be directly under the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but with Admiral Ghormley in immediate com- mand. There was still some hope that British carriers might be available, but in view of the desperate situation in the Middle East, this was considered uncer- tain. (CM-IN-0088 [ 7-1-42], MacArthur to C/S, #261, I July 1942; CM-OUT- 0677 [7-3-42 I , Marshall to MacArthur, #394, 3 July 1942; CM-IN-1306 [7-4-421, MacArthur to C/S, #GI,4 July 1942.) 8. Directive quoted in War Diary of ComSoPac for 4 July 1942. It is interest- ing to note that after their first confer- ence on the proposed offensive, both ‘‘Genera MacArrhur and Admiral #248, 24 June 1942.) 1942.)
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