Strasbourg Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1945, Strasbourg, Alsace Ill 33 Cairo four cents August 1945 i Indiana pos sunk 883 die Washington the Navy has revealed that the heavy Cruiser Indianapolis was sunk by ene my action in the philippine sea on july 30 with 100 percent casual Kiuei or missing and 313 half crazed men who were rescued at the ship left san fran Cisco on july 16 on a special High Speed run to deliver bomb materials to the cargo was delivered and the head ing towards was either hit torpedoes or it Sank in about 15 no Effort was made to locate the Cruiser until she was 54 hours the Navy explained that under wartime there is no directive ordering port to report an overdue ship since warships Are often a poll of All major commands in the Western Pacific shows that no sos had been received from the stricken patrol plane spotted survivors first survivors were spotted on by an aircraft on routine sub patrol from Pel Eliu in the a Rescue ships immediate rushed from Pel Eliu and Leyte picked up 313 survivors and re turned them to then was revealed an unparalleled horror Story of men against the sea in which their Only Armor was Kapok life jackets and Cou the vessel Sank so swiftly that Only rafts could be re at least 200 men who survived the blast some insane from exhaustion and the effects of sea Sun and besides injuries suffered in the shattering had Romeu Monia and others were temporarily blinded by the intolerable Glare of the Sun on the the eyelids of Many survivors were fastened see Indianapolis on Page 2 thai winning smile Hitler still in Reich with the British forces in staff offi who lend credence to stories that Hitler May still be have another Angleton the they believe that he would still in and most Likely in the Schleswig Holstein area with bogus army a Normal discharge As a technical or farm he would have altered his appearance they general Douglas Macarthur supreme Allied commander is code word Nippon surrender emissary Macarthur not plane decorated with Green Point system remains As is 3year report unfounded i h enlisted men 38 and Over will get discharges As the first step in the arrays plan to demobilize five million men in the next 18 but so far there is no basis m fact for a Middle East Rumor that men with three years so vice or Over will be out by new the army is leaving its discharge Point my mums at 85 for men and 44 for women for the time Stimson said but promised that they Jap planes after East room of the White will be where the terms of Der in the Pacific Are with the american people a not the minions of the son of today the japanese surrender emissary will leave the Honshu Mainland in an Narm Jap prisons w8i1 yield Freedom looms at last for the americans captured at Correggio a and Wake Island in the Early Days of the an estimated soldiers and civilians have been Tor tured and underfed All these years behind the barbed wire in Jap Pri son Jonathan in command when Corregidor was last reported a prisoner at with Lynn were 17 other general 119 army six Navy captains and 34 enlisted All captured at the crosses land on a White and air strip on Leshi Mairi the the same be Shima where Ernie Pyle was killed a few months there the nip official will step into an american plane that will take him to Manila and Mac code word for the flight All the Way will be those terms will not Only de mobilize and demilitarized but also deprive her of 80 per cent of the territory and nearly third of the population she held the morning of the Pearl Harbor president Truman and the major allies have agreed on terms that not Only destroy the vast Empire in the first 18 months of but will reduce her to Little More than the territory she occupied when Commodore Perry introduced her to the West Ern world in origins at Cairo the which had their Ori gins in the Cairo conference of november 48 Between president see Bataan on Page 10 Manila the final Aue of the War and first tons to Hivo to were issued by supreme Allied in his message to Mac Arthur stated that he desired to arrange directly with japanese authorities for the cessation of hostilities it the earliest possible he also requested that the to Kyo station be officially designated for continuous use in handling communications Between this Headquarters and your head closing out the formal series of War Macarthur Dis closed that planes damaged 20 japanese ships in sweeps Over the Home Waters he added that although hostilities Are air patrolling for observation will necessarily to the Pacific there was no abrupt cessation of Hostil twelve hours after the announcement of japans decision to an attack was made by Jap suicide planes against Amer ican forces on a Small Island 30 Milas North of several soldiers were five japanese planes were shot Down around the third Fleet four hours after the nimits did not indicate whether the enemy planes were attempting to attack or were Sim ply welcoming units of Halsey there was no report of damage to in the sitting Bend area in lower patrol clashes and Skir mishes were still continuing on fact that Many groups have been probably due to the stranded Jap out of touch with their commands for on the russian the chief of the red army general Maff told his troops that lighting continues until the enemy lays Down his would be reduced gradually after he array has made certain that japs have accepted surrender in Good news for the men of 38 says further that they will be eligible for discharge within 90 Days after they ask Tor the War says there Are about in this the army is being extremely cautious not to make any Prema Ture statements on demobilization while the japs temper Aston queued Peoples a still an unknown Stimson says there Are about two and a trained Jap soldiers in the islands alone and an equal Winum Ber still to be disarmed other Pacific and Asiatic Terry torn whether they will behave As their Bro thers have in the mountains of Loizon is a very real army some irresponsible newsmen Wero not so cautious and1 their authoritative sources Are in contrast to what the War has announced a Immi Navy plan in action reconversion director John in a 31page statement on the governments general policy of wednesday predicted that All the armed Marine and coast guard would release seven million in the it 12 the which no release plan the defeat of has put one info effect Al ready which will release Between one and a half and two and a half million within the next 18 the navys discharge plan gives Point for each year of Point for each full month of Active ser vice since 1939 and 10 Points for a no matter Aow Many dependents a Navy Man is he gets credit for Only Navy critical scores now in effect Are 44 for an enlisted 29 for see release on Page 7 Jap surrender news was uplifting As atom bomb by Leon sofa to effects of the new atomic bombs were very strongly Felt in Cairo and in the persian Gulf com although Al buildings in egyptian capital were left standing almost no people were in especially at amet shortly after Giles formal pronouncement of the wednesday afternoon to Friday morning holi Day most of the personnel made like they had been it was when we began to distribute the first copies of the stars and stripes its aul Over with the Ink still our jeep rushed us to amet this was about already there was a Large group of gis and was sitting outside the special service office waiting to sign up for the Rome they grabbed the papers with the same enjoyment you get when you take a big breath Oti a special delightful night in a Sweet Garden with your Best girl beside we handed out some Bak Sheresh copies to civilians on the two Arab cops who piously read English but apparently knew what was Hap pening informed us in no Uncertain terms that they wanted their co pies of stars and they got hed stopped thinking later in the when we got to amet we headed straight for the chief of staffs of stopping on the Way at the coca cola what do you think about the we asked the Post Exchange Henry Coke bar pm Stein cracked Ive stopped we strolled into the chief of staffs it was completely empty except for the the water cooler and wac tora looking Busy but behind her where is every one dont you know today practically a National we think she meant International Holiday were working with a Skeleton and youre the Skeleton from there we went to the Post of the Way we met 1st Mary Seymour and inquired about How she Felt regarding the Day i think its won said in the Post office the three sergeants were Dis cussing the they sounded whats the matter answered i want to go that the Way we feel echoed the other catching sight of of we asked for some com ment and he came right Back i Haven been so Happy since the Doc told me it was a next Stop was the offices of the own where we saw Heatherington who told us he haunt had any sleep for 18 had gone to bed and then been awakened see predawn on Page 2 Washington the latest army and Navy casualty figure reveal that nearly twice As Many american servicemen gave their lives in world War ii As were killed in the last during almost four years of servicemen were As compared to in the last Overall casualties of nearly triple those of world War when Only were the Pacific War alone is estimated to have Cost the casualties or about one tenth the estimated japanese Ca included in the casualty total Are americ aft listed As missing in Many of these May be reported later a
