Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1942 — Page 4
ntu 1 expulsion of the Japanese Guadalcanal island.” ‘are going to clean them out,” promised.
ght over three days in the ‘waters ‘around the Solo-
on fleet and inflicting casualties ‘20,000 to 40,000 men. e traditionally conservative ts charactel the engageint as one of the most decisive jor United States it was the toughU. s. naval action since the civil noted icantly that no nese carrier forces were ntered and suggested that this It mean ‘Japan's carrier losses been even more severe than by the v. S. naval comues. “In contrast the American navy put er forces into action despite our _admittedly high carrier losses the running battles of the South
London Stirred ‘In london, British naval obisérvers displayed greater interest in battle than in any sea engage- _ ment since Jutland. It was believed there that the American victory ‘definitely removes the Japanese threat to Australia and should in-
sure victory—for the present—in the
second dividend was in apparew Guinea. left
for advanced headquarters in New Guinea where an American3 pincers was closing in on Buna, the Japanese base on the north shore. It was obvious that “the American commander believed the climax of the New Guinea drive 4s at hand. “The Toyko radio so far has commented only once on the U. S. navy v eommunique detailing the Ameriean victory, saying the announcement was “unsatisfactory,” the office ~ of war information reported today on the bases of monitoring reports from the Pacific coast. ‘The United States’ “miserable defeat 1s kept dark in the announce“ment,” the radio said. Planned Double Thrust
A shakeup in the aJpanese naval eommand, possibly resulting from ‘the smashing defeat in the Solomons, was reported today by the ‘Japanese radio. Admiral Mineichi Koga, the broadcast said, has been transferred to an undisclosed area “from his command of the Japanese navy in Chinese waters. He has ‘béen replaced by Admiral Noburu Yoshida, who formerly directed the DAVY'S. construction bureau. Nimitz disclosed, also that the Japanese, with their greatest naval
This map shows, step by step,
control” over the islands which lie
the greatest naval battle of the present war.
how the Japanese attacked in the
The smashing victory near the allied supply lines.
Solomons, only to lose 23 ships in gave American forces
by themselves at 90 ships, apparently had planned a double thrust at the southern Solomons and New Guinea. In one of his few communiques of the war, Nimitz made the following formal comment on the victory: “By far the strongest Japanese attempt to date to recapture Gaudalcanal has been completely frustrated by the aggressive action of Vice Admiral William F. Halsey and his forces in the South Pacific area. “The .enemy transport force was almost annihilated, so that little if any assistance reached the Japanese land forces on Guadalcanal. “Maj. Gen. A. A. Vandegrift, United States marine corps, with his army, navy and marine forces, continues to have the situation well in hand. “Strong escorting and bombarding forces of the enemy, comprising a portion of his (main) fleet, were attacked by our surface forces in two heavy night engagements. “They were also severely damaged by our aircraft, submarines and motor torpedo boats. “As the result all enemy forces were either destroyed or driven back and a major victory was obtained by our gallant forces.
“A report of our own and enemy
concentration of the war, estimated
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losses has been announced by the navy department.” A heavy concentration of Japanese warships and transports started southward from the northwestern Solomons-New Britain island area on Nov. 10. Split into two forces, one approached the American positions in the southern Solomons from the north, the other from the northwest.
Gen. MacArthur's planes had lashed at the enemy fleet as it moved southward.
The spearhead attacking force, headed by two battleships of the 29,330-ton Kongo class and a supporting force of heavy and light cruisers and destroyers reached the Guadalcanal area early on the morning of Nov. 13.
Jap Fleet Split
One of these battleships was sunk; the other damaged. The Japanese fleet, now divided into three parts, intended to bombard the American positions on Guadalcanal to cover a gigantic landing operation.
Surface ships of the navy challenged them in close range battle in the black of night. Rear Admiral Callaghan was killed on the bridge of his cruiser flagship after he had blown up a Japanese cruiser, sunk a destroyer and damaged at 2000 yards range one of the enemy battleships with 18 hits.
The Japanese fleet became confused in the darkness; the navy communique revealed, and two .of the three groups fired on each other. Then, beaten, the enemy retired northward. By daylight, Nov. 13, United States planes attacked continually, raining bombs on ships damaged in the surface action. That afternoon at least 12 enemy transports, under heavy naval escort, headed for Guadalcanal. To cover their proposed landing, surface ships bombarded Guadalcanal early on the morning of Nov. 14.
U. S. Planes Struck
As the transports neared the island American planes struck and at least eight of the transports were sunk. The remaining four kept heading for the island. They were found beached Next day'and were destroyed by bombs.
On the morning of the 15th, scout planes saw the remnants of the enemy fleet retreating to the north. Thus the United States won the first great surface ship engagement of the war. The victories won in the Coral sea and at Midway were largely battles of plane against ship,
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Pension Fund Trustees Act To Relieve Shortage of Manpower.
As an emergency move to help solve the manpower shortage problem in the police department, the police pension fund trustees have adopted a. resolution permitting the safety ‘board to recall physically fit refired policemen. ‘The safety board several weeks ago declared an emergency and requested the pension trustees to approve the move because of the shortage of officers. Nearly 150 members of the police and fire departments have left their jobs either to enter the armed services or to take better paying war industry jobs. The resolution was voted by the trustees after Mayor Sullivan and Mayor-elect Robert H. Tyndall urged the action during a meeting in the mayor's office yesterday. The resolution ‘specified that the men recalled must be given at least 30 days’ notice before they are to report for work. Safety board members recently estimated, after a survey of the retired ranks, that only about 30 men would be available for recall. It was found that many of those now retired on pension have jobs as guards and watchmen at war plants.
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‘Not So Close to Eight Ball As We Were,’ .Says Pacific Chief.
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know we are going to lick those fellows.” When the war started, Nimitz said, the navy was fighting a war in a number of oceans with a one ocean force. That situation had been rectified, he said. “The enemy had already expanded his fleet when the war opened, and he did it before he had opposition,” Nimitz said. “On the other hand we have been building up during the war. Our accomplishments are thus all the mors noteworthy. ”» Nimitz was in a jovial mood. “I feel pretty good,” he admitted. “We have just had a great battle— one of the most decisive of this war. Everybody was swinging from the floor. But we were very rough with them. Needless to say, we are delighted. But it is what we expected of such men as Halsey and the men
kind of men they are. I speak for all our men and ships. “The result of this battle will be the immediate strengthening of our hold on the area we control on Guadalcanal and the eventual expulsion of the enemy from the island. ‘We’ll Clean Him Out’
“The Jap had been enjoying observation of everything we had. Now we are going to clean him out. I think he is greatly disappointed that he could not get reinforcements to Guadalcanal and knock us out of there. And now I think he is lacking beans and bullets. I think he is going to be very uncomfortable soon.
and we have got the job of expelling those Japs.” When Nimitz, called the battle “the biggest slugging match” since the civil war someone asked him: “Did we attack them?” “We certainly did,” he said, grinning, “We really went at it.” “The Japs now are undoubtedly holding a conference at Rabaul or some other place. I'd like to sit in on that—I'd hate to explain what they have to.
Praises Personnel
“I want to emphasize that I can’t speak too highly of the. personnel in these engagements, including the army, navy and marine corps who have been taking it on the chin. There isn't any part of our organization that is not doing its stuff. We are proud of them all. The only bad news is that we have lost a few gallant officers and men. As for the Japs, we don’t know their losses when they started firing on each other but we hope they kept up the rate of sinking they claim against us.” An aid of Nimitz, discussing the statement that the navy’s faith in| the battleship had been justified, said: “Comparison of losses naturally will lead to some conclusions.” He said he could not amplify his comment, Regarding the failure of enemy carriers to appesr, the aid said. that the Japanese were unwilling to risk them, thought they were unneces-| sary or did not have them.
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DIES IN BATTLE:
Admiral Callaghan Came Within 2000 Yards of
Jap Warship.
WASHINGTON, Nov, 17 (U. PJ). Cal laghan, former naval aid to President Roosevelt, was killed during a furious and close-range fight between American and Jap warships in round two of the battle for the Solomons, the navy disclosed today. Admiral Callaghan, 52, was the third U. S. admiral lost in action since Pearl Harbor. He was with American fleet units which engaged Jap battleships and
escorting vessels that converged on Guadalcanal early on Friday, Nov. 13, intending to bard American positions prior to large-scale enemy landings. The navy said he was
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