the South Pacific. They would come in with a heavy bombardment and send 
 
fighters over, which have terrific range, and clean out everything left. 
 
After several days of these attacks, they would bring in a Navy convoy of 
 
a few transports, with 2 or 3 cruisers or destroyers coming in at night taking 
 
over, and next day flying in on bombers or fighters and fight until they 
 
had complete area protected from ground forces and start operating with that 
 
as a base and then proceed to take another base in the same way. They 
 
would come in at night with equipment and get oil, gasoline, supplies, and 
 
get ready to operate next day. The organization was so good they could be
 
operating in a day.
 
Col. Thomas: Do you have gasoline scattered all over the Philippines? Bombs, 
 
too?
 
Major Fisher: Yes, sir.
 
Col. Hoag: How long were you in Australia?
 
Major Fisher: At Darwin a week and Melbourne a week, and then left for 
 
Java. No trouble with gasoline supply there (Australia). Gasoline is 
 
strictly rationed to civilians there. They are allowed 4 gallons a month.
 
Col.___________: Organizational equipment? We plan here on Hemisphere defense.
 
Major Fisher: The organization and equipment should be cut down to the 
 
minimum. Figure in your Theater of Operations.
 
Col. Blair: When you cut your personnel down, you cut your equipment down. 
 
Major Fisher: Gen. Arnold told me this morning that one squadron went out of 
 
Australia with 500 and some men. Ordinance equipment would go with deconta-
mination squads, etc.
 
Col. Blair: The garrison we sent down to occupy one island near Australia
 
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