Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                S i tul Ott those the a machine and Ter to Perma be worked out that s6nd Only a Token the Jap Home he the necessary the enemy that has f been the consistent Rumor of Jap peace either official or non has again been denied by acting of state Joseph who reiterated that the policy is will continue to be unconditional  aussie Advance Borneo the australian seventh division is massing for a blow at the Sam Bodja near after capturing heavily defended Jap at the latter was taken after a heavy artillery Mac Arthur the 13th air Force has been dropping jellied gasoline Bombe from p38s to scorch a path for the foot soldiers a 12mile radius where Jap naval forces Are attempting to Aid their ground Allied planes Are now operating from seeing Gan Airfield near a with a foot run Macarthur circling move ment is such that the japs can Only Retreat s f former Mil Kane Sui Ida after a Swift Artom Miles Kan Hsien has no communication with main airfields of Interior and May not be Mil to use As a Forward base from which to Send planes against chivas in the new in Vasion of Indochina aided by mutinous japanese have Cap lured the important indochinese seaport of Moncay on Tokyo direct shipping Supply route to land isolated Southeast Moncay was a favorite Haven for Jap boats sneaking supplies to the beleaguered troops in Malaya Thailand and sloping blasted fighters of the 14th aah mean while swept from Inland bases to the Indochina wasting shipping from Moncay to the 14ta also supported ground action at Weilin and in the 14th Sank tons of Jap shipping than double the Mays toll in the in an apparent attempt to build up the invasion have launched twin drives West and Northeast of Hong the enemy was reported advancing along the coast toward can ton and heavy fighting was pro Gressing below in japanese have buffed spearheads with a formidable of defences North East of the estimated enemy troops trapped in the poc Ket West of the sitting Are hold ing tenaciously to their positions at the Junction of the pegu sitting canal near my Inkyo and have established several Forward Strong e uss Nevada at least year to finish Nimitz wet if Guni Urs right remaining at their gasoline fires the main deck of the uss Nevada a few after Ifie had across tl16 Aore Nevada to Veteran of Hie invasion off France press asm ans veterans arrive in Pacific Manila the first Eto Vete rans redeployed directly to the Pacific without stateside furloughs have arrived in the ship ment rfcs composed of ser vice veterans of Sicily and they represent almost every ser vice Branch of the fifth from railway construction to Bridge repair and none Are considered combat men but All have been through considerable Fleet pounds Jap targets a continued from Page 1 missed their repeatedly and accurately weve blasted the two steel Mills of Buroran into what is probably he de from his shipboard station with in sight of the correspondent Hainline said that the bombardment group has been lying off the coast All Day without meeting any enemy each of the great american he deliberately aimed and fired 110ton broadside after 10ton broadside without while Agni Nimitz revealed the identity of the three heavy Battle wagons in the crushing assault on he also disclosed that the previous attack on Hamaishi was buy More War Bonds Tell if to the chaplain five got arc photo by von a Yolo carried out by battleships Massa Indiana and South a two heavy cruisers and four they and the fleets Carrier planes set a City Des troyed or damaged 87 enemy planes and destroyed or damaged 39 Jap ships despite unfavourable weather combining the figures of both Nimitz announced that in addition to the two cities wrecked there were 140 Jap 84 37 planes destroyed without the loss of an american but at the Cost of 16 airmen and 24 planes which failed to British heavies join in continuing to prowl the Pacific Waters off japans East coast of the devastating warships of the third Fleet were suddenly i by the battleship i King George the Carrier Formi Dable and the cruisers newfound land and Black welded together into the most powerful Force Ever to venture close to the japanese the augmented Fleet of attackers stalked the coast Al at Midnight a third bombard ment Tore through the Shower ing tons of explosives on tar gets stretching 20 Miles along the Honshu the Fleet went about its Job keeping its radio working As it perched itself Only six Miles off the beaches and care fully picked targets from 55 Miles Northeast of to i about 80 Miles above the associated press correspondent with the Fleet reported an engineering a steel a Copper refinery and an arms fac tory along the coast were destroyed within Range of enemy fighter failed t0 the Shell pounding came in the Echo of an eight hour raid by planes from american and British the battleship undergoing a baptism of led the group with her sixteen Inch guns laying Down a curtain of steel on Hitachi huge Copper smelter and aircraft parts plants which were previous targets of the a radio talk to the United Nimitz Label led this the pre invasion phase of the As the Navy Fleet ripped into the coast of air fleets p28s carried out their daily schedule of fire and demolition raids on enemy three fourths of slightly Northwest of is reported to be demolished a succession of Oil and munitions plants were toppled by the pinpoint and from Washington a summary of super fort activity revealed that in one years 261 missions flown Ami 201 bombers were lost from All causes including mechanical failure As Well As by japanese fighters Sui cide pilots and Tackack Hobby resigns Oveta gulp director of the wac has she will enter inactive status wis the inva soil of itself will be Neces sary to win the Pacific a Vic tory that will take at least a year to vice Marc Mit Scher declared during his visit with his 80yearold Mother Here i dont want to make any pre but i think it will take at least a year to finish the Job in the he for Mer commander of task Force 58 added that he believed air Power alone would not defeat that it will be necessary to record bag of suicide planes Hadley and Evans knocked Down 38 Jap suicide planes in hour and 45 minutes Battle off ski on May bagging the largest toll Ever reported for their size during a single the Navy four suicide planes crashed Oil the deck of the and the Hadley took hits that flooded both engine rooms and knocked out main when the Hadley threatened to the wounded were taken Over the Side to life rafts and the remainder of the Crews managed to keep the Craft afloat and both reached Harbor the next study Hirohito Fate Washington acting of state Joseph former ambassador to favors a temporary retention of emperor Hirohito after japans in formed state sources reveal grew is said to believe that Only Hirohito will have sufficient influence to Force the Jap armies in China to cease fighting after the Home islands Are president Truman has shown keen interest in the question of what is to happen to Ferryg with state officials at length before departing for the big three Okinawa flare up Okinawa a heavily Jap platoon was wiped out in a two hour Battle with Alert Ameri can troops after sneaking 200 Yards of the 24th corps head quarters in the first organized at tack since the Okinawa officially the moving toward the Headquarters of John r Hod Ges when surprised by a a lost 24 men in the fierce a number of other Japa had been killed nearby one after running through the american Camp tossing Jap Relief ship torpedoed Washington the government gave the Jap government a taste of their own sorry when it advised the jape it was accepting full responsibility apr the sinking of the japanese re Lief ship Awa Maru off Formosa with the loss of the state disclosed that an lame rican submarine torpedoed the re Lief ship in a fog last april expressing regret through the Swiss government and indicating that disciplinary action is being Kunming Qai ire who retired eight years ago because of increasing deafness and returned to Active duty after America entered the has resigned As commander of the 14th air he plans to remain in China until the newly augmented u s air Force under George Stratemeyer is installed in Chung i i one of the most spectacular commanders of the War and head of the famed american prewar Volunteer group aiding China the flying Chennault struck a verbal blow on his resignation at irresponsible persons at he said i think its about time for americans to cease to be so concerned by the Mote in our neighbors i think its time to remember we owe China an immense the chinese Are no More faultless than any others Chennault praised chivas armies and Generalissimo Chiang Waishek and repeated that Gen Albert Wedemeyer had done a great Job As comma iding general forces in China Ine japs Are being pushed Back m Retreat under the leadership of the Generalissimo and of Gen we the team is going to at Tain that pushing the japs from chinese godspeed and Luck to i regret i cannot be with them at the end announcement of the generals resignation and retirement from the army was made simultaneously m Kun info and chunking and came two Days after Washington revealed that Stratemeyer would take stated that it is Well known that Chennault has been operating a number of years under the most difficult of circumstances and that it would regret the loss of this offi cer who has played important a role m bringing about the ultimate defeat of in recent months much air Force personnel and material been moved from India into China