SURPRISE TOUR
OF JUNGLE CAMPS IN NORTH AUSTRALIA COMPLETED BY GENERAL MacARTHUR. PREPARATION FOR COMING BATTLES. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.15 p.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. General MacArthur has just completed a surprise tour of jungle training camps scattered through the bush country of Northern Australia. To make as extensive a survey as possible of the Allied troops in training he flew hundreds of miles by bombers. The first known of his arrival was when he announced himself to commanding officers. General MacArthur wished to _ see routine training and not specially prepared exercises. He lived with the troops in the field and accompanied an artillery unit on manoeuvres.
During the tour General MacArthur visited the Australian Headquarters of Lieutenant-General Robert Eichelberger, who commanded the American troops at Buna. He saw soldiers in almost every arm of the service preparing for the coming battles in the Southern Pacific.
General MacArthur paid particular attention to infantry training based on the lessons of the fighting in New Guinea.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 May 1943, Page 4
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