Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1945, Cairo, Egypt A of lightning Sli Rokoci out Mae Aftaw this Weir poised a deadly threat to Jap positions in the South and dug Deen into the enemy remaining defences in the the american 41st hopped across 206 Miles water from the Zamboanga Peninsula of Mindanao Island to land on Tat Tawi in the Sulu 40 Miles off against very meager resistance they quickly occupied the islands great Harbor which was the naval base for the now shattered Jap Fleet for the enemy Southwest Pacific the encirclement of the japs in Southern Luzon was virtually completed when troops of the 14th army corps and 158th regimental combat team landed on Legaspi Harbor on the Southeastern Tail of b29s in three strikes at Japan Washington a Fleet of 300 Mariana based super forts Ham mered Industrial targets in three japanese cities in the Tokyo area tuesday for the third raid of the week on Japan a Marge Force of b29s had hit Tokyo on in the tuesday the Force split into three sections Over Hon Shu and pounded 85 Miles South of Tokyo 20 Miles West and 20 Miles North of the Jap a Small Force of Marianas super forts hit japans third largest City and a Bio aircraft production on the 20th aah upwards of 40 India based us performs hit Oil storage areas at Singapore last thursday for the seventh blow at that naval base in five the 44th aah destroyed arid damaged 121 japanese planes Sun Day and monday in raids on Jap anese Aird Romes in Marine holed famed Flag raising platoon on i to Jima killed Ernest one of the marines who helped Plant the United states Flag atop mount Suribachi during the invasion of iwo was killed a few Days com mandant of the Marine in formed employee of the Florida state Road that her son died on March his twentieth on the third Day of the the Young sergeant took Over his platoon after the lieutenant in charge was wounded find led the charge of the unit up the volcanic slopes of on ton of which old glory was planted the memorable moment was re corded by an a photographer and his moving picture of the Flag planting has become one of the most widely publicized in Thomas platoon dug in around the Flap and guarded it through out the Thomas later told japanese swimmers from the West coast tried to get the but they didst get near Thomas joined the Marine corps when he was the iwo invasion was his first combat a the City of Legaspi and the airfields were taken almost without a struggle As the Landing Only lightly patrols knifing Inland have already pushed 15 Miles North and 21 Miles to still another the 40th landed against Light opposition on last remaining major philippine Island under Jap fanning out from the beachhead the yanks now occupy All of the Island except the North Western tip from Silay to Fabrica and the isolated port of Duma Guette on the Southeast Jap dead fourteenth corps clean ing out the Southern part of Luzon have captured san a provincial capital of leaving Only two Large philippine cities of Davao and Baguio in in Northern the 133rd pushed to within five Miles of Baguio after beating off stiff steady gains Are being made on Cebu where american troops Des troyed 58 pillboxes near the la hog Mac Tan nine Miles by and Small Caubit is former seaplane both off Cebu have been captured in a move to Clear shipping lanes into that second port of the Archi Macarthur announced that Jan losses in the philippine Campaign have reached tenth army forces have forged across Okinawa and a Okinawa invasion toughest Okina Supply Job of Pacific War Okinawa Okinawa operation presents the most difficult Supply problem yet tackled in the Homer War correspondent said this apart from obvious technical Bigart Oki Nawa is More than Miles from the nearest american land base on Manila was scene of worst Jap savagery Manila japanese atrocities in Manila were unprecedented examples of Wanton savagery and including ravaging and burning alive of hundreds of innocent even pregnant Saipan and the require a Long More since it is a communications Center for japanese forces in the Western Pacific the Garri son is bound to be big and these and violence of in Geometric progression the demands for am full medical stores and continued soned Nese Rev Iliof naval a Tea the presents a tactical problem entirely different from those encountered at smaller islands of the Central and Western fifty per cent More fuel is being consumed in this operation than in any single previous operation by the More than Gallons of fuel Oil were too big to be swept entirely by required to get the amphibious naval and air too to the the planes in a i 1 1 a big to be captured by the marines in a few Days or weeks of furious Okinawa is certain to carefully documented evidence 3 million out alter be says Solon Richard Harliss said in an interview that about mostly from the will be discharged with in six to nine months after Ger Many is who is riot a member of the House military affairs com spoke without authority of the War or any other government the War still says it is impossible to estimate How Many men can be discharged when War in Europe iwo heroes decorated Pearl heart medals were presented in mass ceremonies to Marine veterans of iwo Jima with Only a Small portion Able to attend the outdoor others were in the hos Pital Twenty one generals and commodores pinned medals on the showed that women and children were shot or Bay netted after suf Fering All kinds of bestial captured japanese documents hearing dates Between last 23 and 14 suggested that whole Sale atrocities on civilians were the result of Battle orders issued to the nip ponese yanks abandon China airbase abandoned their airbase at 200 Miles Northwest of on March said the Field was evacuated during a push by a japanese Force estimated at in the Security blackout was lifted from British operations in the a akan sector with the announcement that an amphibious to fill trucks and task Force ships alone were loaded with an equivalent of freight cars of Twenty six Hundred tons of food was taken enough the entire population of Vermont and Wyom ing with three meals a Day for 15 chief naval base of exactly Halfway Between Manila and j the first amphibious thrust was made by the 77th r last monday against weight Fil mall islands the Kerala group 15 to 20 Miles West of Okinawa South from Here Bur sup ported the main landings on the West coast of Okinawa on easter More than ships participated making this the largest waterborne attack of the entire Pacific i the Okinawa sea was Glassy smooth As our amphibious forces went ashore at tie Jap Carrier in sub bag Washington a Large enemy aircraft Carrier topped the of 11 japanese vessels the Navy announced had been junk through Only scattered mortar and fire on the beaches and advanced a Beach head was immediately established m the Katena area and within three hours we had captured air Fields at both Katena and resistance unbelievably Light correspondents described Japa e8e resistance As submarine two destroyers Light during the initial we it it 1 i and two escort vessels were also american submarines have sunk Force landed at let pan March 13 japanese 122 of them and have now driven South to being combat enter the main Jap sup by port for the West Burma coastal in Central and Northeast where the japanese have suffered their worst there is a Lull i in ground dam for chief chaplain Washington the distinguished service medal has been conferred on the army chief of William i by of War 14 japs were reported died after whiffing Down Jap tonnage in a Formosa Harbor Buckner he was elated by the campaigns Early observation planes were already operating from the two captured airfields on correspondents described the carnage of a mass Sui cide by 200 japanese civilians on Tokashiki Island in the Kerala group fathers systematically strangled other members of their then hanged themselves or exploded grenades against their survivors the japanese military command had warned the inhabitants that women would be violated and men killed when the americans this was the first recorded ins Tance of mass suicide among japanese civilians since the Saipan Campaign of last july when Many leaped from High Cliffs rather than be taken Navy carriers leave four Jap ships ablaze and four More wrecked after a strike at shipping in own would fight on after amputation Gownley the War dept said the congressional medal would be awarded to 34th fan Tryman George who wiped out two enemy machine gun killed Cap tured nine and Tiu wanted of fight at the Anzio beachhead after severing his own now he lives in Brook 4th armoured 01 Paris the War cited the Complete for complis ment Frona March sheaf
