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...looked as if the unified command of the U.S. needed a little more unifying...
...Soon afterwards the White House announced a unified command of all allied forces in the South Pacific under...
...agricultural wealth (see pp. 24 & 25). For Palembang lies near the center of southern Sumatra. Entrenched there, the Jap could drive on to the extreme southern tip, immobilizing the Dutch forces scattered through central and northern Sumatra. From the island's western coast he would have further command of the Indian Ocean and its vital routes (see p. 20). Only Sunda Strait would lie between the invader and Java...
...They command a 3,300 mile short cut from the U. S. to the Burma Road...
...armored corps, made up of two divisions of 390 tanks apiece. Previously only two of the divisions were organized into a corps, the three other Armored Divisions were independent units. Under the present reorganization the tankers will have two new bosses: Major General Alvan Gillem Jr., who used to command the Third Armored Division, will take over the newly formed Second Corps; chief of the First Corps will be tough, profane, gimlet-eyed Major General George S. ("Georgie") Patton Jr., variously known to his men as "Flash Gordon," "Old Blood and Guts," "the Green Hornet." Henceforth Generals Gillem and Patton...