The 13th Air Force was followed by the 5th -- old friends of ours whose
veteran squadrons we had known for the past 2�
years as we camped beside their airstrips in Australia and New Guinea
during the long months while American armies were tediously "climbing up
the map." Here were the "Red Raiders", and "Ken's
Men", and the "Jolly Rogers" with their Death's Head and
Crossed Bombs insignia which we so often watched, flying out on fateful
missions from Port Moresby. Their intensive attacks continued for a full two
weeks, supplemented by still a third Air Force, the 7th, which had been doing
such splendid work from their Central Pacific bases. In rotation, these great
air forces "poured it on" with a schedule which left the Japs no
time to rest. Here is their report: "7th Air Force Libs in the morning,
13th Air Force B-24's [Note: a B-24 is a Liberator] at noon, 5th Air Force
A-20's in the afternoon, and 5th Air Force Libs just before evening
chow."