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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Maj. Gen. John Franklin testified to the Senate War Investigating Committee that accelerated plans to defeat Japan will redirect more troops from Europe to the Pacific, reducing U.S. troop returns in August and causing a transportation crisis. Gen. Jacob Devers described the Pacific strategy as a massive single blow against Japan.
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WASHINGTON, July 27—(AP)—Maj. Gen. John Franklin told the Senate Committee "the military time table defeat of Japan" had moved forward and for that reason he said more soldiers will be sent directly from Europe to the Pacific than originally anticipated.
Gen. Franklin, acting chief of transportation for Army Service forces, asserted this would cause a reduction in the rate of the return of troops to this country in August and succeeding months.
He testified before the War Investigating Committee currently inquiring into the transportation crisis resulting from heavy transcontinental movement of troops.
Gen. Jacob Devers told a news conference yesterday the plan in the Pacific was a new mass of forces to deliver "a single crushing blow" against Japan. He commented "There's no use doing it piecemeal."
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July 27
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reduction in the rate of the return of troops to this country in august and succeeding months; transportation crisis resulting from heavy transcontinental movement of troops
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Maj. Gen. John Franklin testified that the military timetable for defeating Japan has advanced, leading to more soldiers being sent directly from Europe to the Pacific, causing a transportation tie-up. Gen. Jacob Devers stated the Pacific plan involves massing forces for a single crushing blow against Japan.