Big Service Manoeuvres Planned
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■ ±ceceivea Hunaay, /.ou p.m. / HONOLULU, Oct. 1. The Tp-mkeafe^oinbiiied naval and mUitary dpe'Jaiicm 1 in the Pacific since the war, will'.'be eonducted towards the end of "OetpbCK " " A United States task foim wrll , try ^.^jg^waiian island of- Oahu Afrom an entrenched "agg-resg'of" "fbree. One hundred ships and- 37,000 men will rendezvous off an as yet undeaignated Oahu beaehhead some time between. Oetober 15 and November 1. ! At a given signal the invasion fleet will • disgorge 15,000 infantrymen who will try to get ashore nnder cover of jnarine fighter squadrons. , The i|land 's defensive f orces will includ.e V000 soldiers and 3000 navy personnel.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 October 1949, Page 2
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110Big Service Manoeuvres Planned Chronicle (Levin), 3 October 1949, Page 2
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