Tribune: "New American fighter plane (P-51) no match for Japanese craft." On the morning of November 25, the Japanese shot down three out of ten (including one probable).

The Commentator says that even if the Americans could use the Gilberts as a stepping stone, "there would still be more than 1,500 Pacific Islands.... Of what use are they ... [being] flat like plates densely covered with coconut tress?" So Japan's invulnerable first-line of defense stretching from the Aleutians to the Solomons are now mere coral islets. Incidentally, I haven't heard a peep out of any Japanese Admiral in a long while. In fact, where is the Japanese Navy?

Choice quotes: "Bose leaves food for local thought." We could use some to eat instead. Aquino: "Against tyranny, nothing can prevail but blood, iron and fire." It's coming too, old boy. Quote of the Week: Since U.S. forces landed in Makin and Tarawa, they "have been subject to tridimensional attacks by Japanese forces." That is: by words, spirit, and wishful thinking.