ON HOPES WAY OUT The enemy Is darned can sur- The enemy and his knees we vive through only buckling;. — James — Gen. surrender. MARINECORPSCHEVRON Byrnes. Elsenhower. diego awa PUBLISHED BY TUC UniTCD STATtSIj mawnts in tut san Saturday Morning, August 19, 1944 1 Vol. 111, No. 33 Saipan Veterans Awarded Purple Hearts In Mass Ceremony heartfelt of assisted Adm. Nimitz in making Marine in the Marianas Islands. the gratitude your and 22 other admirals and Japanese veys By TSgt. Walter C. Cochrane for which the awards were: their chests You fresh honor to that government the victory pinned upon bring generals Adms. Combat Correspondent determina- Adm. Vice Robert Heart. courage and your Halsey; the Order of the Purple company. your L. William L. Calhoun medal offered in tion have made Ghormley, decorated in their hos- "This is not possible." AIEA NAVAL HOSPITAL, Oahu, Some were and John H. and Rear wounds The Pearl Harbor Marine band Towers; of the fleet for the you T. H., Aug. B—Admirals pital beds. compensation the Marine Adms. William R. Furlong, Theo- Marines and have suffered. No material reward struck up Hymn as and generals of the Marine Corps The total was 1120 dore S. Charles A. for the and admirals, assisted by Wilkinson, most of the latter can possibly compensate generals today tribute to more 37 Navy men, paid stirring H. Red Pownall, Robert B. Carney, J. wounded while hurts which of you Navy corpsmen, nurses and than 1100 veterans of the 2nd and hospital corpsmen, grievous many Brown and Frederick P. Sherman. have received. Cross Gray Ladies, passed through 4th Mar. Divs. in the greatest treating Leathernecks. Ross E. Julian Heart is the ranks and then into the wards Maj.Gens. Rowell, "This medal was established by "But the Purple a sym- Purple Heart decoration ceremony C. Smith and T. T. Moore; and the bol. It betokens nation's respect to honor each man. held in the Pacific. George Washington to honor a ever I_ some men's Earl C. Long, David him in the for the sacrifices you have made. Tears came to eyes Brig.Gens. The wounded men who fought men who fought with P. and the S. Brewster, Leroy Hunt, Field Adm. Nim- It commends for willing- as the admirals, generals side by side to victory in the bloody War of the Revolution," you your G. C. Harold t>. medal - nurses Harris, Thomas, assembled ness to make that sacrifice when bearing corpsmen, battle for Saipan Island stood at itz told the men. W. G. Farrell, W. J. need to defend and Ladies Campbell, Chester W. "So a com- the arose your coun- Gray approached. attention as Adms. you join distinguished admirals and who Wallace and W. E. Riley. who the with blood. It con- The generals Nimitz and William F. Halsey jr. pany—you men fought try your own Battle Veterans Japs Execute Marines In Manchuria 2nd Div. Awards it Receive WASHINGTON—Two Marines They attempted to pass them- Japanese assertions." However, off German aviators was pointed out that if the circum- and a sailor were condemned to selves as Vets Back international law death and executed by the Jap- whose plane had crashed. Enroute stances were true, In MCB Ceremony had not been violated. anese July 31, 1943, according to to the scene of the supposed acci- had not been known a to the Navy Dept. from dent one of the men killed a police It previously report Cross And Silver Marines Returned that American be- Navy the International Red Cross. inspector and another seriously prisoners were Star Presented To PFC. wounded a Mongol, according to ing held in Manchuria. From Saipan Sent They were Sgt. Joe B. Chastain, three the Japanese version. The enlisted in Dallas, For In Action Corp. Victor Paliotti and Sl/c. Sgt. Chastain Gallantry Home To Families court were tried before a military and Trank Merigolo. Tex., Apr. 4, 1939, was con- decorations in recognition and condemned to de*ath. since High at firmed as a prisoner of war One week after their arrival The three, held as prisoners of of heroic deeds in Pacific battles June 1943. the 214 2nd Div. veterans of escaped from their Man- 18, Base, var, Marines, were presented to four a thurian the June The New York Times said Corp. Paliotti enlisted at Denver, Tarawa and Saipan camp night of 21, Guadalcanal, lieutenant colonel and three enlist- Colo., Sept. 11, 1939, and has been were cleared this week through KM3, and fled toward Russia, ac- "Washington officialdom and high ed at ceremonies conducted since June men, and confirmed as a prisoner Reclassification Redistribution lording to the Japanese Foreign Army and Navy officers seriously by Brig.Gen. Archie F. Howard, 1943. Center. Mfice. doubted the authenticity of the 22, MCB Base CG, on the parade Assigned to Stateside posts after ground yesterday. helping drive the Japs back up the Awards Lt.Col. were presented South Pacific route to Tokyo, the CO of Man Leonard M. Mason, 214 Leathernecks were given 30- R&R Every the West Coast Center, in to their -day delays reporting PlSgt. Edwin Arnold Schwab of new stations, enabling them to and PFCs. O. Galeton, Pa., George visit their families and friends for Ga„ and In White of Fayetteville, the first time in more than two Fight John W. Britton jr. of Waterloo, la. years. the Navy Cross and Silver Both Nearly all were recipients of the •Star medals were pinned on the and All Hands Used Purple Heart were discharged of PFC. the chest White, Navy from hospitals for return to active to Lt.Col. the Repulsing Japs Cross went Mason, duty. Silver Star to PlSgt. Schwab and HARD TO BELIEVE On Guam, Saipan Marine Medal the Navy and Corps to PFC. Britton. Clad in complete new gear dis- The Marine Corps has shown PFC. White's citation for the tributed to them at the Base, the once more, in the battles for Saipan "couldn't be- (Continued on 2) hardy Jap-conquerors and Guam, that every Marine, re- page lieve" they were once again on of his work or the gardless special V%a V-Mail American soil. post assigned him, is primarily a "I sti.l can't believe it," said one fighting man. Marines veteran who asked that his name A delayed dispatch from Sgt. Occupy be withheld so that he can sur- Alvin M. Josephy jr., combat cor- prise his parents and friends in respondent on Guam, reveals that Former U. S. Isle (Continued on Page 2) cooks, bakers, postal clerks i and Other usual rear elements became WASHINGTON. Aug. 9 (UP) — B» Conrteouc front line combat troops following Baker Island, U. S. Pacific weather & desperate Jap counter-attack. outpost abandoned soon after Pearl New The attack started at night. By Proposes Harbor, has been reoccupied by dawn, snipers, machine gunners Marines — apparently without the filtered and mortar teams had could Air Job Japs knowing that they once Top lines in through the Marine and, the have taken it without a fight, (Continued on Page 2» Navy disclosed today. WASHINGTON — Establishment Bond. Or Bondage? The reoccupation was disclosed of the office of Assistant Com- that in a Navy announcement mandant for Air for the Corps is Now Adm. A. W. Radford, now in a bill in Travel Time PRE-WAR. Marines who took Guam found this cigar box Rear provided introduced recreation fund. assistant deputy chief of naval Congress by Rep. Maas of the containing $104.33 of pre-war garrison's tally operations, has been awarded the House Committee on Naval Af- Allowed Veterans StfSgt. Jean B. Hall and Maj. Robert M. O'Toole DSM for services as a task force fairs. H. the contents at HQMC, (Photo by Sgt. Pv. Wright). commander. He was cited for his The bill prescribes that both the Overseas veterans returned to conduct in action against the Japs Assistant Commandant and the the States under the Corps' rota- in landing activities on Baker, Assistant Commandant for Air tion policy are assured of a full 30 Marines' Box Makin and Tarawa. (who shall be junior to the former) days at home under a new policy Guam Cigar shall be line officers not below the put into effect last week by the Aim True rank of colonel and that each have Reclassification and Redistribution the and of Fund Untouched Japs Base Personnel Get rank, pay allowances a Center. By major general while holding such Travel time is now allowed being Ballot Applications office. WASHINGTON—When Marines recaptured Guam, seized the veterans, both from the R&R Postcards to be used as ballot Dec. came across at least one Wrtt« atoms Center to their homes and from by the Japs 10, 1941, they those eligible to which the enemy had applications by their homes to their new posts. The memento of former Marine occupation . <■ _k . — election ,ii * vote in the November are new was authorized in a Three policy apparently overlooked. ' Colonels distributed to MCB per- directive from now being HQMC. and A cigar containing cash box, sonnel. —— March Proudly bank books indicating that they Area FMF Moving The postcard applications are re- Refuse Awards belonged to the Marine garrison's Hon. Advance To quired to be attested, according to recreational fund, was discovered Onto Base Maj. David F. Ross, Base voting WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (AP)— Marine bar- Today in the ruins of the old Three Marine battalion Rear supervisor, who states that where command- Success racks by members of the Ist Prov. convenient for ers temporarily have refused Silver Hq., San Diego Area FMF, was it is not personnel Mar.