Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1944, Cairo, Egypt Middle a october 1944 Loban of fatty Csc eminent Ena As Macart Hilr War Inhat the Al and any the tortures of Mae Job Uiol 4 Jap military terms in the philip3 Malsnar Jand Evjen said that surrender evian Rand Silipino forces in his campaigns in the r was Mafle in full Reliance that they would be the Honor Protection provided by the rules and customs of air opposition i during the entire period since the the japs have managed but two if est raids against hundreds of ships arriving and departing off one vessel was damaged by a torpedo hit while slight damage to some land chg Craft Wajs caused by Shore ground casualties in the initial phases were exceedingly army forces hit the beaches of Leyte on follow ing a terrific Shell Tig Iby naval forced of 3rd and 7th wonderful says re vol Forbay or Panton to Nathan Wainwright whose Hus to flood Wainwright has been a prisoner of the japs since the fall of Bataan and Corregidor said Friday that news of the Philippi nes invasion was i am so excited i dont know what to she explained that she had last heard from her husband Only three weeks ago try a letter mailed last fleets and units of the australian hundreds of american and Royal australian planes loosened a devastating bombardment to cover the troops As they went three Days prior to the landings on invasion combat teams landed on Sulu Anandha Mon Hon islands to secure enemy installations and command the in trance to Leyte Gulf for the Pas Sage of the main Ima Arthurs forces was every Able bodied Man who escaped from Corregidor in Manila prior to its surrender on May Here for duration when he first splashed ashore on said ill stay for the in a previous informal talk to newsmen aboard the Cruiser Mac Arthur said i am particularly anxious to get at the division which is on its the the outfit that did the dirty work on Treyve been living off the fat of the land for More than two years and i be a Little softer but soft or Well get earlier Macarthur began his dramatic announcement to the philippine people i have rally to let the indomitable spirit of Bataan and Corregidor Lead As the lines of Battle Lead Forward to bring you within the zone of Rise and the seat of your govern ment is now therefore firmly established on philippine the hour of your redemption is at in the Vanguard of the naval Fotula were the battleships Cali fornia and Pennsylvania which destroyed at Pearl Harbor but refitted with new giant guns and in action timetable of Jap Conquest of l Washington Here is a timetable of the japanese con quest of the Philippines 1941 japanese make first assault on Luzon while Imperial Fleet units attack Pearl 1941 japanese ground forces land on 1942 Manila Falls american filipino forces retire to Bataan april 1942 Mac Arthur arrives secretly in Thalia after an epic journey from the is made com Mander of the Southwest Wainwright takes Over Philippines May 1942 Corregidor sur ending organized ame Rica filipino super forts strike at Jap Homeland of announced that b29s which attacked Kyushu Island achieved Good results at the enemy aircraft As Seibly and repair base for Zero fighters at Northwest of one bomber failed the invasion of Leyte put american in Pieart of the Philip Only 275 mires from Davao and 345 Miles Sochi of eighth largest Island in the Leyte h 115 Long and 45 Miles another invasion spearhead has landed on of the correspondent Dean Schedler gave a hint of the size of the in Vasion operations describing it As one of the most far reach ing amphibious operations of All extending Schedler said that the great Convoy assembled at dutch new Guinea bases on the afternoon of Friday the he reported More men were landed on the first Day of the assault than the allies put ashore in France on minesweepers did such a Tho rough Job of Clearing a Patch through Leyte Gulf that not a single ship was lost out of the huge Convoy sent through the Entrance of the other Pacific targets blasted planes have kept up a deadly drum of fire at Jap air bases and shipping in the Philippines to Block any Effort to bring up sup plies and reinforcements to the enemy troops on other air fleets struck at the Volcano 750 Miles South of Tokyo As Well As Palau and the the Navy has announced the loss two submarines in the a the herring and the each of which carried Crews of 65 the Navy has now lost 32 submarines since Pearl to 83 yank prisoners liberated on Leyte Leyte the Rescue of 83 ame rican officers and men who were japanese prisoners of War in the Philippines for was revealed in an army they escaped from a Jap trans port which was torpedoed by an american the survivors who had been prisoners tightly packed in the hold of the ship said Jap guards shot Dawn americans trying to escape the sinking ship and hunted Down and killed others in the water As Thev sought to swim for Shore two Miles town rejoices announce ment of the Philippines invasion was greeted jubilantly Here at the Home of 85 servicemen captured by the japs at mayor Frank Johnson said the news was what Brainerd had been waiting everybody Here Lias either a Friend or relative captured on Mcnarney for Devers Rome Joseph my former Deputy chief of staff under George mar has taken Over As Deputy supreme commander in the Mediterranean under sir Henry Maitland he Jacob now commanding the 6th army group in Mcnarney also became commanding general of army forces in the North african which on 1 became the Mediterranean i list made the decisive moves of front this two after the British second army slogged through Winters first snowfall into the Northern half of Herto Tenbosch and the Canadian army de tort Frederick a the pal diet into which h forced German troops holding out in the from now in respondents pointed out that Eisenhower thrusts of the past six Weeres have not been knockout punches that the germans but sparring taps keep the myi off his balance and the British Advance on a front from Boxtel to Best has been made against diminishing of although in Hort Ogen Borsch the resistance is with the germans holding the Southern half of the other British forces Are within Yards of the critical Tilburg the canadians Clearing the Scheldt Iamb thereby a free Entrance to the sport of advanced doggedly around Bres Kena and an Early re port that fort Frederik Hendrik had fallen was called but it was denied that the canadians had been forced to withdraw anywhere along the line because of the heavy German crossfire from the Aachen cleared the american first army Friday cleared to All intents and although futile continued inside the old town of there was no organized the nazis fighting until captured or killed As they had sworn they would the third army met similar resistance in the unimportant Little town of Maiziere Les East of where yank doughboy Are dislodging the stubborn germans in an eerie moving room by chinese making stand at Kew Iping fighting continues outside be 120 Miles South of in the Kwangsik after the chinese blocked two japanese trusts toward the in Western the chinese recaptured a series of four a Mored clashes occurred Between communist troops and govern ment forces in the Southern Shan is province in August arid according to the chinese govern ment he said the communists were the a summary covering 14th Saaf operations for the week of 12 revealed the sinking or probable sinking of tons of other at least tons of enemy shipping were the figures did not include 294 Small Craft sunk or the 14th has sunk or damaged tons of enemy shipping from october last year to october 18 this it was on the Burma the fifth Indian division has advanced 11 Miles along the fort White Road in a push from Tidd irn in Burmas China they Are now within two Miles of the enemy bastion at Kennedy Allied he earlier this week it was revealed that Stilwell North Burma forces occupied the important town of 75 Miles Southwest of my Itkina on the rail line to Man a Ein As House l the deserted correspondent Collie Small wednesday wired up for 17 the 17th division has been trading punches with the Ger mans in series of deadly in which every parlor Cap tired or every bathroom won represents a substantial today objective Nati ii to Morrow it probably will be the gymnasium the Day after it looks like the Battle will be for the hardware then the shoe shop and Barber shop across the Loose Brick is a potential death trap be cause of the systematic Booby including the old trick of planting hand grenades inside the blouses of dead nazi with pins attached to the wallets left temptingly protruding from breast military government in Aachen Marshall emphasized the importance of the canadians Job in Clearing the Antwerp area As the key to the fallout attacks in the but it still remained to be seen whether the allies can slug the decisive attack before the great belgian port is ready for German value of the Aachen through which past invasions of German territory have always been was under scored with a series of Buzz bomb it is too Early to Tell whether the germans will use these in Force against the first those who lived through the 80day fallout robot Blitz in London and Southern England observed on the bombs1 appearance Over Hodges troops that while they cause their greatest damage in buildup they could be an important harassing weapon to rear Supply bases and concentrated areas of the in civilians got their first taste of How they would be treated by the conquering in who remained were placed in a concentration Camp outside the ruined with the former Vic mayor in the role of the traditional the yank officers weeded out the Rabid nazis from the who Are reported treating the jews there being fed from German rations for which they pay the american through what up ecu respondent Edward Murray Calls a democratic adm Nistra they have chosen their own officials the Allied military government of Aachen is headed by Thomas who also presides Over the three occupation courts for the trials of offending scratch another Jap own the Tokyo radio reported Masa Haru Arima of the Jap naval air Force has been killed in action against american units in the Phi Washington two new ton Navy aircraft Arri trs will be named the Cora sea and mid Way after the iwo famous Pacific Hamm f Allied air Rie d by might and Raf heavies Are a record tonnage for Saaf piling up their second month of almost exclusive concentration on targets within the transportation and communication Points Are the Center of at tack just tas they were in the pre invasion air barrage of last Spring Over a necessarily larger the rail Yards at Hamm were the Prin Cipal targets of heavies of both air forces tuesday heavies hit Oil refineries in Hamburg wit no Luftwaffe monday the Raf dropped tons on Lud Duisburg and Dort Mund have been other principal targets for Continental based bom Bers this forming what shia of has called the second dimension of its two dimensional pressure during the present Supply from smaller forces of heavies hit Augsburg and the Brenner attempting to Block Aid to marshal Kesselring forces in Northern the germans their Fly ing both attacks Over Southern England and increased attacks Hodges first
