Tribune quote of the day: "The soap and lard problem melts into insignificance in the sunshine of independence."

Running On Borrowed Time

Heavy jamming all day but KGEI and BBC reception was outstanding at 2100. The big talk is about the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. MacArthur's planes dropped 226 tons of bombs on the convoy, scoring 80 direct hits and 63 near misses while also shooting down 102 of 150 Japanese planes.