This week General Douglas MacArthur moved 200 miles closer to the Philippines. Leapfrogging along the coast of New Guinea, his troops landed on the island's northwestern tip at Sansapor, grabbed two coastal islands in the bargain. Said MacArthur: "The enemy is now unable to operate beyond his Philippine-Halmahera line"i.e., the Jap was out of New Guinea so far as any more offensive action was concerned.
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