American Subsequential
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War-Damage Payments
THE United States War Department has paid out over £3 million in settlement of claims for damage done by Ameri can servicemen overseas.
This, it should be understood, has noth ing to do with payment for direct war damage sustained during battle operations in which Americans took part.
These payments may be of interest to residents of the Solomons and the Gilbert and Ellice Islands who have received no war-damage payments from Britain as yet.
It is likely, however, that the onus would be on claimants to prove their right to payment and it would, in most cases, he impossible to prove whether the damage was the direct result of war. or of sub sequent action of US troops.