Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                Jav its week when Froin lost Over 60 Miles Fifthe survivors of the dead dying at their managed to khat of it Home to fight again casualty was the great Ever suffered by a vessel a single it include 832 killed and and 270 Leslie said 704 Resolute americans re to abandon her and were owl Sotito return i the Jim is it asked 1 x High a the original division artillerymen is a 24 years in the served also at Kis had been told of his by he battalion head and told his amazed commander that he was rejecting left to Klutt understood How he Many some Miles to Kilt japs and still lots left to Morey a wife and three at talk As the returnees leaned Barracks bags outside the air about seeing rela friends sleep in soft Beds and enjoying senators wont to in How Point works Washington a Sevenman Senate committee plans to leave f soon for an extensive inspection trip to Europe during which efforts will be made to find out thoughts of the average inquiry will include plans for deployment of forces in the Paci How the Point system of re lease is working out and other senator Russell has been named chairman of the com which includes senators Stewart Maybank Gurney and rever Umb from the military affairs committee and Byrd and Mclellan from the naval affairs we plan to see As Manv sol Diers of All ranks As possible and inquire into the morale of sol said we want first hand information of the Gigantic plan of switching the War to the we want to know How the Point system is working i another Senate committee com posed of members of the Meade investigating group is now in eur i heres John Vete Rafi of italian and French campaigns and wearer of four Battle first of 1200 to be discharged from the fort Pix separation those noncombat Point totals Are therean Dahal year old in his and Twoy Earold in his my Acme congressional medal in Capitol president tru Plause As he recounted the sex responsible foe the trip most of it under her own her her mainmast Bent at a Angle and her flight deck she reached York on april 26 and is now being repaired at the Brooklyn Navy caught unaware Carrier was surprised and bombed by an undetected Lone Jap plane off Kyushu on March catching planes on deck and be each gassed and armed with bombs and ready to take Chino theater group now homeward bound Twenty three listed men and one officer com prise the first group now Home bound from China under the Point discharge the ave an average of 68 months service and 13 of them have 3d months Man monday personally presented the congressional medal of Honor to Jake Lindsey in an unprecedented ceremony before the 24yearold Soldier from la was the 223rd ser Viceman and 100th infantryman in this War to be awarded the nations highest military Honor Tor service to country above and beyond the Call of he was the to receive it directly from the president in the presence of both houses of Congress and the nations highest military and civil George army chief of accompanied Lind say to the chamber where con the and top foreign diplomats were Lindsey father and and Jake and his Pauline All of sat in the front killed 20 germans Marshall solemnly read the Cita it summarized the action in which though killed 20 wounded Many secured capture of knocked out two machine guns arid captured two and forced withdrawal of two enemy when the citation had been Lindsey stood before the president who around his neck a rib Bon bearing the president in his add it seems fitting that in this symbolic ceremony we should Honor an there is Little Glamor in his ser he faces not Only the enemy before but cold and rain and dust and which so often make his life these things he endures and arises above them to such valorous deeds As those we celebrate to i the president also declared that american forces Are preparing to strike at the japanese with overwhelming members of Congress stood Dur ing the five times they interrupted Truman with a plots of the hero of infantry action at last nov Ember once during the Marshall was overheard saying aside to give pm a bowl give pm a the who bravely faced overwhelming Odds in found the occasion almost too much for hints he swallowed several times and his features never relaxed from Stern immobility except when he Shook hands with the later he said Truman told him id rather have that medal than be president of the United scenes took Days to by the dead Abuja re at a conference fit new York when the Stdio was repealed hundreds of incidents of bravery were sailors who Turied Over the  meets to hot it plodded of men in breathers who went doom 4htb the ship to help their trapped buddies of All the individual heroism and Superb seamanship which saved the Ira Rittin when it seemed surely Al am Ethro were used for Luzon cleanup Manila strategical the philippine Campaign has Long been won by Arthurs tactically the cleaning up Battles Are toeing hard fought in the and Hills of ii gon and where last weeks gains were won against in diminishing  tanks used in the Luzon Island Campaign for the time led a Strong american Force to successfully storm a Forti fied Mountain Ridge which had held out for three follow ing this new offensive action the yanks hemmed in one of the larg est enemy groups trapped since the Lof beginning of the philippine indescribable horror japanese mortars took men were blown off the flight deck into the burned to a Crisp in the White hot Flash of flame that swept the Hanger or were trapped in compartments below and suffocated by scores were drowned in the other scores were mangled by jagged chunks of fifteen minutes another series of heavy explosions locked the Carrier and other terrific blasts occurred three hours but the fight to save the Carrier had began after the initial bomb damage and fire control part ies Laboured amidships in bursting a nearby the Santa took charge of Rescue oper helped extinguish the fires and evacuated from the ship and sea about 86 including oooo Owooh Washington the Senate military affairs committee has approved legislation to award medals to civilians who have served on local draft boards during this abets future discussed will Points to Musafi the armed forces continued from Page 1 of our Way of the enemies of our regardless of the number of hours that we give each Day at our particular task in amet and knowledge that our task at amet is we cannot beg in to approach the the the hours in the and the eve present the thought that within the next hour we May be killed which is present always in the minds of the soldiers in combat the Soldier in com Bat can consider no eight hour but that he is available the whole their work is not measured in nor in but rather a whole series of Days that frequently run into weeks during which danger always lurks and fatigue is continuous military necessity always Dic tates the army the Job of each Here in amet is essential or vye  be we can be justly proud of the work a the work is without Glamour or its just Plain Drudgery in our attention to duty at the tasks As while it is True that some com Bat soldiers elsewhere awaiting shipment or movement to another zone of action May devote a few of their hours per Day to work or duties not closely related to action and education and machine guns firing from the caves of a pockmarked Hill on Northern Luzon front stalled the 25th division above the Balete in the Southern ame rican troops made important advances on highlighted toy the capture of Mala Balay near the Center of the Over prisoners were liberated after slight Here the 31st an the 40th divisions were 25 Miles apart in a North South drive to split the second largest Island in the their role As this will not be the Case in where our duties remain unchanged and a full Days work wherever 0 ont Ejob training positions on ridges in a flanking drive aimed at the enemy Supply this sudden push by the marines gain continued from Page 1 the gave american forces dominant Heights overlooking Naha and which Lay at the foot of the Hills like piles of rubble from the incessant bombardment arid the enemy still had smaller heavily fort which Are the objects of pre sent flanking moves by tanks of the tenth Little Man Euver room a predawn attack was made by the tenth army seventh division which followed the 96th into Yona Baru on the Bast coast and then moved on into the Hills thousands of Yards these fresh attackers Cut the East West traffic artery Between Yona Baru and Naha and established Strong Institute offers Many courses for those who care to your information and education officer has the Cata Logue of these they afford an excellent Opportunity to learn several subjects which will help make us More valuable in our peacetime Job and increase our Overall they you that knowledge is it is possible that institutional credit May also be secured by enrolling in these Musafi Cour Tut that is left to the discretion of 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Diers and marines killed or miss the japanese loss on bloody iwo Jima was Only casual ties among the naval supporting forces off Okinawa have been up to May Navy Forres Tal announced the figures to make the people of the country aware that continuous support of a land operation is a serious Busi