Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                E has drive to troops of away purportedly Heidia Vover the of Ktie Strin Miles March 1945 the reported of top rpm a Zhukov Northern flank Clear t a troops enveloped a City 28 Miles started push ing across the Island of the same in abid1 to Cut off port of from the Wollin is on the coastal route leading to the important sub base at which Berlin fays is Only 15 Miles Distant from the Moscow reports that several German naval installations have already fallen to the advancing which lies at the Mouth of the is now virtually an isolated City under constant pounding by soviet opened Way Zhukov Swift sweep through northeastern Pomerania virtually the Way for a Berlin Offen Sive along a 200mile the red army now controls practically the entire Oder line from the Rivers upper reaches in Shelia to the Estuary at with the exception of one precarious Ger Man Bridgehead Between Buestrin and the events in the German Pomerania last week in real setting the stage for the knockout blow against tas last week twin rus Sian drives were slashing wedges across Pomerania to the the Hua sians advanced making strides averaging 15 Miles per Day across Sodden terrain interlaced with numerous lakes and by red army cavalry and tanks had reached positions overlooking the Baltic and on marshal Stalin announced that sea been reach All communications from Dan Aig to Stettin slashed trapping a minimum of about nazis in an enormous Baltic marshal to Kossovsky 2nd i White army had smashed North Westward from the Corner of to in Erania and polish after toppling Many important he had captured Koeslin to reach the troops of Zhukov 1st White slashing North Ward to the speared 62 Miles in four Days to reach the Baltic at 65 Miles Northeast of next troops of the two armies established Contact on the coast while red attacks were launched simultaneously from both sides of the vast outflanked Stettin Westward on the Oder Zhukov then began his Campaign against taking 20 Miles his forces wheeled northward in an outflank ing movement and reached the Bay and the Lagoon which serves As passage Between the Seaway and the Oder Rokos Sovsky has been exerting heavy pressure on the German Baltic driving deeply into the Danzig his troops captured Gniew and Staro 22 Miles South of the soviets Are still whittling Down the East prussian pocket Southeast of Koenigsberg and have intensified their attacks to liquidate the Baltic pocket in pow8 stage hunger strike Camp Ohio Hie German War prisoners who went on a hunger strike thursday have decided that work is better than solitary confinement and a bread and water they told the Camps commanding officer they Are ready to go Back to their did thl Allied a Pound of Ferlitto and other German in an unbroken Tempo for 16 consecutive fortresses and liberators and Haj roared out of England in fleets of bombers with almost As Many escorting they kept up rain of explosives and incendiaries which is steadily sapping the Wiehr maths Lifeblood a Envert from syn thetic Oil Railroad chemical land Industrial Raf Mosquito have maintained a steady schedule of trips to Ber Lin every night for Over two each dropping a calling card at every before the pilots swung around to return Home they saw the flashes and smoke 6f big soviet guns defending Oder throughout the week the weather provided greater opposition than the dense fog and persistent vapor trails reduced visibility and made close formation flights get another chance7 at front Paris out of 156 american i soldiers recently convicted of Black Market activities in 115 men will be Given a Chance to redeem themselves in announced Brig commander of the Seine the Opportunity for gis to Clear themselves of the serious charges by forming a special fighting unit was granted by who excluded from the order cer Tain leaders and soldiers who re fused to help Clear up the the men had to pass through severe screening before being Given the new All ratings were out and the men began their combat training As Buck Pri Vates on March Llma Marine dead on Foug Hesi beachhead of ire i it the marines slug toward iwo North to they be of the terrific curtain of Jap picture was by Joe then flown to Guam and radioed to san Francisco by Mustang Pilot bags 2 in 30 Roscoe Mustang fighter Pilot from Dun shot Down five Messer Schmidt 109s and claimed two More probables Friday in a half hour of do fighting near Magde if the probables Are allowed he would hold the american record of seven enemy planes destroyed in the air in one huskies flown to Eto Paris Twentyfive do team 1go Eskimo huskies and equipment have been flown to Beli in the Central continued from Page 1 counted on the Island has reached the marines got their Tough test fight since the beachhead landings when they reached the Central plateau of the Fol lowing the capture of the Village of Motoyama and the Central air they encountered the Cleverest defences encountered anywhere in the a an indication of the Cost of the Early fighting at iwo was revealed in a Story of How Frank of landed on the Beach with a platoon of 60 by the time he crossed the Island an hour and a half two of the 60 said Navy reveals loss of 5 2 subs the Navy an of five vessels Washington bounced the loss last an ammunition Laden cargo ship was sunk by the japanese in the South Pacific area with the loss of Over 200 the Small Sal Vage ship extractor was mistakenly sunk by an american submarine and a Large Landing Craft went Down after contacting a japanese Gium for use with Bradley 12th army in Case another heavy Snow blankets West front battlefields they would move ammunition find wounded or of in the 5th Keyes winged b29 lands on iwo the Honor of the first Landing on the Southern Airstrip of iwo went to a disabled returning from a raid on due to a damaged fuel the super fort made an emergency Landing with Only five minutes of Gas its huge Wing knocked Down a signal corps line pole As it came to a pour hours after re pairs had been the plane departed in skillful Takeoff which required a run of Only on the Southern tip of the is Suribachi Volcano acted1 up a bit sunday and the marines had hot rations for the first time in several sulphurous steam started erupting from Hund reds of Small fissures and the marines shoved cans of rations in the fifteen minutes later they took them piping hot of Bedford two newer the Escolar and shark Are overdue and presumed lost with Crews of about 5 men the area was not revealed but presumably it the 200 super forts rip Tokyo without loss Ryu Tyus hit Washington More than 200 super fortresses of the 21st bomber command raided Tokyo for an hour and a half saturday morn starting fires in the kanto area which lies toward the port of according to japanese a aah communique said the raid was accomplished without loss of a single a naval Carrier task Force bomb and strafed the Ryukyu including in a 275mile arc within Miles of the Southern tip of destroy ing or damaging 45 ships arid Small Craft and Nimitz reported India based b2ts also bombed Singapore again this smash ing major Industrial installations the War japanese radio reported the death 1 of Gyro Kurusu in u dogfight with american super forts Over the kanto area of a he is the son of Sabruno Kun japanese peace envoy to Washington at the time of Pearl succeeded by Hale Wil Lis Hale has assumed command of army air forces in the Pacific succeeding Millard Harmon who is missing in a flight to the greatest air and naval search Ever launched in the Pacific was under Way last week after har Mon and nine other officers and enlisted men failed to land on schedule on a routine when last heard from the generals big converted bomber had ample fuel to Complete the flight and was travelling through Good weather Over Calm chinese drive on Lashio terminus chunking chinese troops captured old two Miles of the main town of Lashio and took the main the chinese High command announced Lashio is at the end of the Burma Road and at the head of the railway to 140 Miles to the seizure of the cite threatened to Cut off the last escape route to the East for enemy forces b tiled up in a hic broadcast a British living column Lias driven to within Lour Miles of Mandalay in a grave for every mile of Ledo Road War dept disclosed that there is a grave for every mile on the Ledo Road from India to China construction of which was once regarded As an impossible ing feat Luzon Campaign in final says Macarthur general Macarthur said this week that the 58day Campaign for Luzon is entering its final phase and 10 yank divisions Are regrouping to go after scattered nip ponese in the Mac Arthur revealed that six of the ten Jap divisions on Luzon have been More than japs have been killed on Leyte and including some of japans Best great Quanti ties of food and clothing have also been destroyed or As Macarthur men wiped out the last vestige of Jap resistance in other forces drove deep into Northern East and1 South of philippine sum Mer biggest gains of the week wore made by filipino led by an american colonel and equip Ped with latest who cleared Tho japs from the Locos none province of Northwestern Only 44 Miles of the Jap naval base at on the North this Advance places ame rican troops within 225 Miles of new landings elements division wont ashore lands of burial and Hank the japs bottled Biel of on the up on sixty five per eem Pfilf soldiers used on the negro troops who braved too much too much ruin and too much Nero engineers of the general service Engineer began work on the Road near in negro t 5 Richard Burnett of drove the Lead vehicle when the first Convoy rolled Over the completed i in 25 months buy More War Bonds 8th is to the in Southern la he landings Wei made with Little the written record of witness has revealed the worst in ass atrocity of the entire Pacific the document disclosed that the japs burned or stabbed to death at least filipino civilians inside a Nilas ancient walled City if Jontra Innis during the seven Days it was besieged by american the japs arbitrarily classified practically All male civilians As and put them to in a move to sever japans ship Ping lanes to the Kast the Veteran Iii division seized control of westernmost 1 his ppm virtually in yanks immediately captured puerto capital ind principal a Well nearby tiie invasion was the first important southward thrust of ame rican fives which been driving steadily northward for Early three in american will torn Iune the South China sea approaches to indo and the Netherlands Kasi new York Carl director of the co Lugof Muic for 41