Target: Hollandia. (Originated from Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: March 29, 1994| Author: Hawkins, William R. | Copyright information 
    The search for ways to accelerate operations in the Pacific allowed Gen. Douglas MacArthur to demonstrate those talents that earned him the reputation as one of the war's most gifted strategists. In March he had won approval from Washington for a bold landing at Hollandia, 600 miles up the coast from the current front line on New Guinea. Such a deep strike would not only bypass the heavily fortified Japanese positions at Hansa Bay, Wewak and Madang; it would also cut them off. There w...

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