Presentation Of Bronze

Star To Capt. J. Forbes

THE US Bronze Star awarded to Cap tain J. Forbes for gallantry during the US landing at Tarawa in Nov ember, 1943, was presented to him on February 20 at the Devonport Naval base in New Zealand. (A report of the presen tation of Bronze Stars to two other officers, Lieutenants Page and Webster, who received the decorations in the same action in Tarawa, appeared in March

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Captain Forbes is manager of the Devonport Steam Ferry Co., but belongs to the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Service. He was chosen by the Americans as a guide for the invasion fleet during the landing on Tarawa Atoll.

Captain Forbes formerly commanded patrol and survey vessels for the High Commission for the Western Pacific and knew the Gilbert Islands waters well.