The Ledo Road felt the weight of American Infantry shoes pounding upon its surface when doughboys, many of them veterans of the Southwest Pacific, marched toward the Hukawng Valley, where they cut behind the Jap in a bold, flanking sweep to capture Walawbum. |
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JAPANESE BULLET BOUNCES OFF NORTHERN BURMA - After the fall of Maingkwan and Walawbum, Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill, commanding Yank forces in the Hukawng Valley drive, revealed that at least 12 of his men owe their lives to their steel helmets, which disproves claims that the helmet has no place in the jungle. After a Jap bullet put a dent in his helmet that you could put your fist into, Cpl. Raymond Harris, of Pekin, Ill., who holds a Silver Star for heroism in the Southwest Pacific, killed seven of the enemy. |
THERE'S A CATCH ELIZABETH, N.J. - Local Draft Board Number Two of Union Township displayed a sign in its window, "Help Wanted - Male. Clothing, maintenance and $50 a month. Job not permanent." The board chairman said that the sign emphasizes the board's protest against drafting fathers, while single men are deferred for war work. |
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Cpl. Fred Kennon packs eggs for air dropping, 200 to the basket. Rice husks are used to cushion the fall instead of sawdust. No complaints have yet arrived that the hen fruit has been splashed by impact on the ground. |
Rice is loaded into an air-dropping plane by Sgt. Edward Gee, member of a Quartermaster Truck unit in Assam. The rice will soon be 'chuted to troops serving in the Burmese jungle. |
Cpls. Ron Cuff, Eugene Penn and Pfc. George Howard prepare high octane gas for dropping to forward units. Three parachutes lower the barrel to the ground to cushion the bump when the load hits. |
TO CHENNAULT |
Everything is humming. Heard the latest rumor men? Paulette Goddard's coming! Careful, lucky Air Corps wolf, As you fly our gal up. We are desperate for dames To zoom our low morale up. Tall and slim upon the screen She holds our rapt attention. But now in person we shall see Paulette's THIRD dimension. Jungle life is growing stale, We're tired of meditating. Ripe for glamour and for fun: Goddard, we are waiting! Sgt. SMITH DAWLESS |
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14TH CROSSES CHINDWIN |
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FAST THINKING NORTHERN BURMA - The Japanese tapped the frequency of Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's voice radio. One night when he was trying to give orders to one of his combat commanders, Lt. Col. Charles Beach, the Japs tried voice jamming. Merrill, who was assistant military attache at Tokyo, stopped their jabbering by reciting Mamu Taro, a Japanese fairy tale. While they listened, he suddenly cut it short and got his orders through. |
INDIA EXPRESS LONDON - From Eastern Canada to Karachi, India, in 39 hours, 41 minutes. That's just what it took a new Liberator bomber recently. Normal flying time is five days. |
M/Sgt. L. G. Grim, left, and Capt. R. H. Morrison inspect their China radio station, built partially out of the parts cannabilized from Zeros that went down before blazing 14th A.F. guns. |
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