Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1945, Cairo, Egypt Of Critter engaged in All the almost All his four hour of in diff minis ardennes i have seen it suggested that the terrific Battle which has been proceeding since 16 on the american tront is an Anglo me rican Churchill the United states troops have done almost All the fighting and have suffered Al most All the they have suffered losses Al corps has beef engaged my this All the rest 6f the 30 or More Divi Sions which have been fighting continuously for the last month Are the american have engaged 30 or 40 men for every one we have and have lost 60 to 80 men to every one or that is the Point i wish 4o care must be taken in telling our proud tale not to claim for the British armies an undue share is great est tattle of the War an regarded As an famous american i have never hesitated to stand up for our own soldiers when their achievements have teen cold shouldered or neglected or Over As they sometimes but we Faust not forget that it is to american Homes that the Tele Grams of personal loss and anxiety have Heen coming Durinik last month and that there has Heen a hard and severe ordeal Dur ing these weeks for our Brave and cherished Field on the Baguio Manila this 24hoiir enemy s first Detliv Effort to stand and fight Jap casualties since the invasion of Are approximately of which were killed and 423 taken losses Are set missing and Walter com manding the sixth said that was not trying to Griess whether the japs Are planning a Strong defense of Luzon or the Jap does some funny he i night be Able to Fig ure out what other would do under similar1 but i dont know How or Why a Jan does and v dont worry about i am going to let him worry about what we Are going to he said that he found things at the front quite All advances were supported by american planes operating from lingayen and fatally fights to last aboard an american War ship own How rear Theodore fought and died in action was described in a delayed dispatch by the new York times correspondent Frank Kluck the entire Bridge of the War ship Chandler commanded was ablaze after a japanese plane bomb from the caul Dron a staggering figure shirt and trousers a staff officer slapped out the flames of the the figure was helping sailors of the dam aged ship to Man the Hose playing on the the figure was that of badly Chandler later Lemay succeeds Hansell Washington the War said Haywood Han commander of the 21st super fortress bomber command since its establishment in the is returning to the for an other assignment and will succeeded by Curtis be commanding general of the 20th super fortress command based in China and for valor and Merit in a decorations ceremony at Camp Benjamin Giles congratulates Herbert Brown who was awarded the Sobers medal for to Browns right Are Raymond older and Louis both of whom received the legion of by sore been Rice was smashing Down the Central Plains of yank columns Are now poised for their blow at Clark Field with its 13 credit for the liberation of the first american Soldier on Luzon went to an Advance combat unit who found a foot and hungry i who had dodging japs and living on for nearly three he Gerald of who had survived the Bataan death at a yank Chalky and suffering from Mal Wade remarked its too Good to be he told How he and other who sur rendered at were mis tire ate d and made to March Miles to a prison he did not disclose How he finally escaped from the prison but said that to had been evading the japs by hiding in Lowland Fields and Highland Jungles for two years and nine Mac Arthurs in Velard new american landings in the to motes in Central Philippines Between Cebu and chinese unlock Burma Road British knife to Mandalay Guatemala offers help Washington tiny Guate Mala has again offered president Roosevelt guatemalan troops to help the allies fight against the offer was made at the White House by the eugenic and Jorge civilian member of the Threeman Junta which now rules chunking Southeast Asia dispatches reaching chunking said chinese forces in Northern Burma have recaptured the Burma Rood town of assuring the allies a land route from in Dia to China for the first time since the japanese invasion of Burma in the enemy Garrison is Retreat ing toward Calcutta dispatches said Advance units of the British 14th army in Central Burma slashed almost to the Edge of Manda Lay and patrols reported the Jap anese Are feverishly digging into Jungle positions near the a new Allied Landing has been made on the Burma coast South East of the Southeast Asia command announced a Mil deep Bridgehead was established Southwest of Sangaw and Strong enemy counterattacks beaten British forces sunday also poured ashore in a new amphibious invasion against Ramiree Island off Burmas West Royal Navy guns and planes paved the Way for the landings on the North and Northeast beaches of is land which is w Miles South of my ebon Hungary accepts russian terms Washington last of Germany satellites to sur rend agreed in armistice terms published sunday to return to her Frontier Sand pay in reparations to Czecho Slovakia Yugoslavia in six she also turned Over her and ail forces to the allies for use against Germany and agreed to a provide not less than eight i Lamry Hungary also agreed to Stop All fascist organizations and propaganda and help round up War Cri in Allied communiques told sunday of twin japanese offensives aimed to Widen the protective ring around Hon Kong and to close the chinese held Gap in the Canto Hankow the enemy in the coastal province of Kiangtung began with the capture of Waiyeung on the Tung 1g Miles North of chunking dispatches said this drive reflected japanese fears of american landings in the Bias Bay area above task Force Active in Burma ame rican task Force has Cut the old Burma Road near thirty five Miles Southwest of and is reported to he battling Jap anese forces attempting to break the Block which protects the recently cleared Bur Aledo Road to the the Force under the command of John Willey from Texas is disclosed to have marched Miles for the its first on the Burma Hoad in almost three Italy gis fight on cold rations Rome fifth army patrols ran into unexpectedly heavy enemy fire and were forced to withdraw after venturing within Range of German guns at 12 Miles Southeast of the temperature dropped below freezing in the coldest spell of the Winter and most of the gis at front were eating nothing but cold canned dispatches the germans Are too close to per risked life to save Pilot Benjamin decorated four enlisted men and two officers in a ceremony at Camp Huckstep last saturday Romeo Soucy was awarded the legion of Merit for a v by dangerous Ami highly confidential Mission which he successfully accomplished with Diligence and untiring a the soldiers medal was awarded to s Herbert of the for heroism on july 1 last when he risked his life to extricate a Pilot from a plane which had crashed and was in immediate danger of for outstanding and valorous four others received the legion of they were 1st Frank Wurst and 1st Hubert both of the signal corps t 5 Raymond older of the medical corps t Louis also of signal the latter four of super arts Frow and China and Carrier planes of the third Fleet combined this week in repeated air assaults that rocked japanese installations in an arc from the Bonin islands to Japan and around to the China the enemy Home Island of Hon two Jima in the chichi in the arid Shanghai were among targets of the three Way Honshu took the Brunt of the mounting attack As the super forts struck last Friday at the Kobe Osaka Industrial hitting aka Shi 10 Miles West of Kobe for first and a powerful Fleet of b29s in four formations hit Nagoya and met Strong enemy fighter one super fort was lost As the Jap fighters met the raiders Over the coast and stayed with them through the bombing breaking off Only when the yank planes wore 50 to 100 Miles at sea on the return the Nagoya strike was the first major Mission of the 21st bomber command under the new of Curtis two Jima in the volcanoes was hit wednesday and again Friday of last week and chichi in the boning was also from in the most destructive assaults Ever made by 141 h air Force pilots rampaged Over occupied China and destroyed or damaged 135 japanese Many in Shanghai air it was announced from Carrier planes of third Fleet added their share of the destruction of japs by raiding Okinawa Southwest of Kyushu for the fourth time through no details on damage inflicted were the Carrier Craft swept also Over Formosa and the Pescadore is attacking docks and Indus trial areas Nimitz disclosed that f major american warship was damaged in the strike against for but that american airmen destroyed 140 japanese planes and damaged approximately 100 he did not give details on the first reported ship casualty in last two in another Pacific Navy search planes saturday bombed and strafed Barrack areas and radio stations on Wake encountering moderate antiaircraft Ami the Aro 8th of Pioneer killed Over Reich Init lighting of fires a cations Are too bad food from rear the German army in Italy now totals 2s army news ser vice its greatest since last and comm to Brimur hot strength fighters Frederick St air was killed Christmas eve when his flying fortress was shot Down in flames by seven nazi Over although fire threatened the heavy bomb Castle refused to order the bombs dropped be cause Allied soldiers and civilians were he ordered the Crew to bail a Wing fuel tank sex finishing off the four of the Crew parachuted to safety before the top Pacific Ace killed Luzon Thomas my the navys top Active Ace in the died when his Pajk stalled and crashed into the he had Jap planes to his n fall Back Azis ran Oacie continued from Page 1 heavy blows from the the Fate of Stras May hinge i the chances of a break in the weather which will tactical air Force to strike at Bridges which the nazis have across the nazi losses in Southern the French first army assisted by units has sprung into offensive action against the pocket of Pili Homes around South i despite blinding Snow French troops pressed against the lung established Bridge head from Tho South and the in a detailed official review of the German ardennes asserted that taxi drive has failed and has not seriously affected own plans preparations for future it added that the German plan was the Conception of Hitler and von Rundstedt and that both Are equally responsible fur its the statement Pla ced the wehrmacht Cost at Karoumi men compared to for the allies from december i to january 24 More Jap ships sunk Washington sinking of additional enemy vessels by ame rican submarines in Pacific and far Eastern Waters was Uii noun ced by the
