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U.S. NAVAL CHIEF" PACIFIC OFFENSIVE ENEMY SHIPPING LOSSES (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. It is announced from Pearl Harbour that Admiral Chester Nimitz, Com-mander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific Fleet, visited Guadalcanar a fortnight ago and decorated 27 Navy and Marine Corps heroes, including the Marines’ commander, MajorGeneral Vandergrift. Reporting on his recent visit to Guadalcanar and other Allies bases in the south Pacific, Admiral Nimitz, at a press conference, expressed the utmost confidence that the United States forces in the Solomons would consolidate their holdings and continue the Pacific offensive begun there. “I do not mean that we have the Japanese on the run or have the upper hand,” he said, “but I have always been optimistic regarding the eventual result of the war. After actually seeing people on the spot and talking to them, I have reason to continue to be optimistic. Everywhere I have found high morale and a fine spirit of co-operation. They are all working in high spirits from early morning to late at night to improve their positions. lam satisfied in every way with what I saw.
“The Japanese now realise that in opposing American forces in that area, principally the Marines, they are meeting people as tough as they are themselves. We are just as well equipped and well trained in jungle fighting as the Japanese. They are brave, resourceful and experienced fighters, but now they are meeting people with the same characteristics and are suffering losses accordingly.” Admiral Nimitz declared that_ the continued sinkings of Japanese cargo ships was obviously affecting their Pacific supply problem. He pointed out that it was just as far from Tokic to Guadalcanar as from Pearl Harbour to Guadalcanar. It would be overoptimistic to say that Japanese shipping had been strained, but they were losing lots of ships. United States submarines were doing duty day anc. night. _____ _____
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20915, 15 October 1942, Page 3
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