AMERICAN TROOPS
DIFFICULTY OF ARRANGING HOME LEAVE ON ACCOUNT OF DEMANDS ON SHIPPING (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) WASHINGTON, November 10. American soldiers in the South and South-West Pacific areas probably face tours of duty of indefinite duration while sailors "are likely to be given home leave after 18 months of hazardous duty afloat or on outlying stations. This information was given by the War and Navy Departments to Representative Edith Rogers, who wrote to the Secretaries of the departments, Mi’ Stimson and Colonel Knox, requesting furloughs for eight constituents who had been in the South Pacific for 21 months.
The War Department explained that insufficient shipping facilities in the South and South-West Pacific present an insurmountable obstacle to home leave, and therefore primary emphasis was placed on rotating personnel from station to station within a theatre to provide relief for those on duty in remote small stations or serving under severe climatic conditions.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1943, Page 3
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