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...statements of the leaders reflected the hopes and fears of the people. Men looked with suspicion now at the planning that had gone into the Solomons campaign, they looked closely at their military high command, they doubted Army-Navy cooperation. Above all, they had lost for the time being their once unqualified faith in the news that the high command gave them of the battle...
...head of our Navy with regard to keeping the public informed, their primary job is to fight and win the war. . . It would be most unfortunate if resentment of any failings [in disclosure of news] should undermine public confidence in their capacity for their primary business." But the high command sensed that the two types of confidence were closely intertwined...
...pressure area into a vacuum. Energetic Ferd Eberstadt wanted results, right away. He drew up a new raw-materials allocation plan (see p. 90). He demanded that WPB's civilian-supply men quit stalling on their long-delayed program for nonwar requirements. WPB's lethargic old high command worked too slowly to suit him. There were bruised feelings and ragged tempers...
...internecine strife between the R.A.F. on the one hand and the Army & Navy on the other had confused the British war effort, much as the conflict between the military and naval arms has confused the U.S. effort (see P. 67). The R.A.F., a separate and autonomous command, preferred to direct its own operations...
Ships in the Japanese anchorage in the Buin-Faisi area and at Rabaul were slapped night after night by heavy and medium bombers from General MacArthur's command. Army pilots saw one cruiser blow up. Total hits claimed by MacArthur: 36, including one carrier and five cruisers...