Pacific Victory, 1945

aboard Admiral Halsey Admiral Nimitz Admiral Turner airfield Aleutians American amphibious Annapolis army ashore Attu Australia battle battleship beach Bill Halsey bombing Bougainville boys British Caledonia campaign Captain carrier censors Central Pacific chief of staff club command correspondents cruiser destroyer Doug's Communiqué enemy ensigns fighting fire Fitch flag fleet flyers Frustrate Funafuti Georgia Gilberts Guadal Guadalcanal Guinea guns Halsey's Hirohito Honshu hundred islands Jack Shea Japan Japanese Japs Jimmie Kelly Turner killed Kimmel land Lieutenant lives MacArthur MacNimsey marine Marshalls McCawley miles miral Mitscher months Munda naval navy never night Noumea officers operations Pacific war Pearl Harbor Philippines planes President Roosevelt Rabaul Rendova sailors Samoa Saratoga Savo ships skipper soldiers Solomons South Pacific story submarines Tarawa task force there's thing Tojo Tokyo told torpedo troops Truk Vice Admiral victory wardroom Wasp