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MARINECORPSCHEVRON PUBLISHED BY THE UniTCD STATtS mAfunts in m son Ditto ma Saturday Vol. IV, No. 25 Morning, June 30, 1945 1 Jittery JapsFear Leatherneck-Led Landing Emperor Hirohito was reliably reported this week taking< double doses of headache powders as invasion-jittery Japan Crowd Base predicted that the homeland itself might soon feel the might Japanese War Prisoners Stage at of an Army-Navy-Marine Corps landing. Radio Tokyo bragged of new suicide weapons to repel the Parade Honors expected invasion. Faithfully following a prepared radio 'Stockade Follies' on Okinawa Japanese script, one announcer said in all' OKINAWA (Delayed)— prisoners of war recently staged seriousness: "The sooner the en- Said the admiral:. "They must hit a General Price "Stockade Follies'' here. emy comes, the better for us, for sometimes. They don't worry us San Diegans attended a special our battle array is complete. The very much. They're nothing but It was an impromptu show, held Friday at the Base in honor parade future is indeed bright. dive bombers, and the problem in the middle of the barbed wire of Maj.Gen. Charles F. B. Price. enclosure which re- will be met sooner or later." to prisoners Gen. Price is to retire from the TOKYO FORGETS OKINAWA turn each night after working out- FINAL, DAYS ON OKINAWA Corps soon. The Nippon radio forgot to men- side under Marine supervision. Starting at 1500, the parade last- tion Japanese losses on Okinawa, The last hours of large scale The prisoners formed a stage by ed approximately an hour and a where Marines of the Ist and 6th fighting on Okinawa were featured- squatting on the ground in a circle. the discovery of half during which time the Marine Divisions and Army divisions were by of the bodies Two banjo players stepped forward Japanese band played as both recruits and mopping up scattered remnants of the commanding general with their three-stringed instru- his veterans "passed in review" before more than 100,000 Jap soldiers. For- and chief of staff with their ments and began strumming away Gen. Price and a group of Marine gotten in the Tokyo broadcast stomaches slit in hara-kiri fashion. in native discords. were decorated. Meantime, Marines raised the veterans who to be were these figures: Jap casualties Each of the performers had to Stars and Stripes Okinawa, Gen. 'Price, who will be 64 years in ground action alone, 111,351; over be coaxed, sometimes hauled by formally ending the 82-day old in September, has been In the killed in the battle of the Inland cam- his comrades the stage. The paign cost than to Marine Corps 30 years during Sea March 18-19, an estimated which more lives banjo players would change tempo other Pacific battle. which time he has served in 3500; more than 4000 Jap pilots any and tune to furnish incidental Panama, Cuba, Mexico, France, shot down in assaults on American With fighting virtually over on music for the acts. command- Radio Tokyo China, Nicaragua and as forces. Okinawa, reported The first performer came out of Allied invasion forces this week ing general of the Samoan Defense Measured against these gigantic his tent wearing a black striped during present fighting their way onto Kume The ciimax was a fast spin, after Fore* the war. losses was the total Yank casualty were kimono with a purple sash,- and miles of Okinawa. which the dancer sat dis- list released by Fleet Adm. Chester island, 50 west began a swaying, sinuous dance. down, daining pleas for W. Nimitz. Pacific fleet casualties Japan predicted that American as- an encore. "Geisha, geisha," grinned one of "Hot stuff, eh?" very, Lag from March 18 through June 20, sault forces may land on the China said the Base Bond Sales the POWs in explanation. He very friendly Japanese spoke according A.P. story, were coast preparatory to invading who to an spoke a little English. a little English. bringing the total of the Japan. Far Behind Set Goal 9731, cost Hit of the show was a more- It had grown dark seizure of Okinawa and all asso- and the in- NEW SHOTLJESS INVASION American-than American crooning terpreter ordered the ciated naval operations to 46,319. prisoners For 7th War Loan American Negro troops, mean- of "Blue Heaven" by a tenor who back to their tents. ByStfSgt. Of the naval white — With the mighty 7th War Loan total, 11,897 person- time, landed on six small islands wore a panama hat and sang George E. McMillan, combat cor- soldiers and Marines with his Drive ending July the Base lags nel, were in the northern Marianas and eyes closed. respondent. 7, or missing. "Rudy far behind Its goal of $500,000. It killed brought them under American Vallee," suggested the is the obligation of every man at BATTLE OF 'BUNKER HILL* domination with a single pistol English-speaking soldier. shot. The operation carried Next came the Okinawa version the Base to 'put out' in an effort An upward tilt to U.S. casualty was by platoons of infantry- of barber shop quartet. At the 'Ourtillery' to keep Marine purchases heading lists given by the Jap suicide out two a was men, aided by native guides. top of their voices, it the services' list of War Bond buy- bombing of the carrier "Bunker as if were a OKINAWA (Delayed) When contest would be won by ers. Hill," carrying Vice Adm. Marc A. American patrols are still clean- which artillery shells whistled over— the volume, four of the prisoners sang circular letter from the Secy. Mitscher. Before she knocked ing Japs out of caves and brush on heads of Marines on the Shuri In a was "Auld Lang Syne." The effect has of action with Iwo Jima and the Marianas. was battlefrant, the question of who of the Navy, it been requested out 656 casualties, that of nursery mealtime— American troops killed 37 and cap- a at fired was answered In Leather- that every man buy, or have his pilots of two of her Marine fighter- babies tured 101 Japanese in six days. unfed—but the applause was neck terminology, reports friends buy, War Bonds amounting bomber squadrons destroyed 100 terrific. Stf to $100. Those who have friends Jap planes in action. The Marine Sgt. William Boniface, combat CHINA PROSPECTS GOOD One of the banjo players was off the Base who War who flew Corsairs for four correspondent. will buy airmen, As Chinese troops recorded good persuaded-to take the stage. Using Bonds should have the purchases months from the flagship, have re- If the shells are headed south gains in the Liuchow area in south- a long pole for spear, he began a toward enemy territory from made through the Base War Bond turned to El Centro, Cal., for reas- central China, Generalissimo a war dance, stamping his bare the Marine artillery units in office. signment. Chiang Kai-shek urged that his feet the on ground, thrusting the back of our lines, it's "ourtil- Purchases of War Bonds made at Adm. Mitscher, too, is now In troops be equipped to carry the spear toward the audience. lery." If the shells are headed the Base through June 26 amount California where he told reporters brunt of the fighting on the Asiatic The tempo the banjo of increased, north from the big guns of the to $37,150—maturity value—or only Friday that suicide attacks are not mainland. Thus, Japan might col- and the men began clapping In Nipponese, ifs "theirtillery." 7.4 per cent pf the Base goal. more than 2 per cent effective. lapse in 12 months, he said. time, calling out encouragement. (Official USMC Photo) (Official UBMC rhoto) COMING BACK. Men of the 6th Mar. Div. heading for a well-deserved rest at a rear STILL SMILING. Just off the Okinawa front lines after area camp. These Marines have spent days in bitter fighting on southern Okinawa. 12 continuous days of fighting, PFC. Harry Kiziriaa Tk* 6th Mar. Div. spearheaded the final drive for this bloody island in the South Pacific. sports a grin that is faintly seen beneath the beard. Eleventh Marines Thrice Lauded By StfSgt. John Worth, Combat Correspondent fired approximately 450 missions OKINAWA (Delayed) The battle efficiency gained in that threw over 27,000 sheila at the nearly three years of warfare— in the Pacific has won for the Japs. 11th Marines three commendations from army generals for The 2nd and 3rd Battalions also work on Okinawa. were in support of the 96th during The 11th is the artillery regiment < their first week on the Army's of the Ist Mar. Div. From April D fired approximately 76,000 rounds, front from April 9 to 16. When the to April 30, 1945, the 11th Marines completing more than 1600 fire 27th Infantry Division took over were attached to the 24th Army missions in its three weeks with the 96th's right flank, these two Corps and reinforced Army artil- the Army. battalions were attached to it. lery units on the Okinawa southern The Ist Battalion with its 76mm. Brig.Gen. C S. Ferrin, command- ing the 27th Division artillery, cited front. pack howitzers was attached to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions When the Army launched its 96th Infantry Div. from April 11 to the for ac- speed large-scale attack April 19, at least 80. Their shooting was compli- complishing "with and ac- one of the llth's battalions was In mented by Brig.Gen,. Robert G. curacy every mission assigned," support of each of the three Army Gard, commanding the 96th's ar- and for "the efficient fire re- divisions in the line.