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erous FireBy LISLE SHOEMAKER

MA RI NE ASSAULTON IWO JIMA.—<U.R)—

who fought their way upthe beaches to the slopes

Mt. Suribachi call

of the murderousthe Japs have been pouringof the caves and hidden

the guns and mortars on

theat "Green beach" on the

of the island.No Cover on Beach.

no cover in thebeach area. How

from t h r e e stair-

The landingand exposed

he veteran marines who haveto going ashore amid

and heavy foliage.

was only one wreckedin sight when I landed

Col.B. Liversedge, former all-

that time the Japs who hadthe tremendous poundthe extreme left side

our beach-head in their caves,and entrenchments on

and small arms.the thunderous pre-

by warand aircraft the Japs stillable to lob mortar shells

300 yardsthe ugly volcano, which

is the key to the capturethe southern part of this

Forced to Crawl.all along the beach

the marines

to shell hole.

to set up a regi•

now is located in ato a knocked out

the sweatingout the

of enemy occupaby throwing out Jap food,

and other

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FIRST MARINES TO DIE ON IIVO JIMA — These two marines, slumped in death, lie wherethey fell on Iwo Jima, first victims of Japanese gunfire as American conquest ofthe strategic Nipponese island began. Marine officers report they are engaged in their toughest battle in 168 years.

RACTME JOTTRNAI.- T I M S S •

Wednesday. Feb. 21. 1945

Y a n k s S c r a m b l e

U p S t e e p S l o p e s to

Seize Italian PeakR O M E . — ( JP ) —A me r ic a n troops

striking over Italian mountainterrain so forbidding that at timesthey used ropes to scramble upthe steep slopes, have capturedMonte Belvedere and several villages on the peaks west of thePistoia-Bologna highway.

The Germans fought back viciously, but all counter-attacks wererepulsed and the fighting for thedominant heights continues, anAllied communique said today.

Once before Allied troops hadheld the commanding, 3;500-footpeak of Monte Belvedere, but thenazis recaptured it last Nov. 29and had held it since.

Patrols continued to be veryactive on the rest of the Italian

front, with no changes of positionsreported. TheGermans still werepeppering Allied positions withpropaganda leaflets.

An ordinary sneeze travels twoor three feet.

MARINES CHARGE AHEAD ONnVOjtJIA—Leathernecks of the 8th marine division chargeover a rise on the beach at Iwo at thestart of the invasion of that important Japanese island, defenders of which the marines said are giving them the toughest fight in 168years.

hours. Colonel Liversedge told methe situation was "obscure." Wedid not know where the divisioncommand post was. Sniper fireand wildly-flying bullets madeit almost impossible for us tofind it.

State Pilot Reports

Bombing of NuernbergLONDON—</P)—Lt. John Jack

son of Boyd, Wis., pilot of a Fly

ing Fortress, was one of many

American fliers reporting intense

anti-aircraft fire Tuesday during

a heavy daylight bombing on

Nuernberg, oneof Germany's most

important rail junctions.

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of Nashville, Tenn., testified before a court martial today thatAm e ri c a n rai l road companieswere partly to blame for the poorquality of some U. S. army railway operating battalion officersoverseas.

Quails was a witness at the trialof Maj. Walter H. MarUn, whois charged with neglect of dutyin failure to prevent looting ofarmy supply trains.

Executive officer of t he 2ndmilitary service conmiand. Quailstestfied that Marlin's backgroundand experience did not qualifyhim to handle a railway operatingbattalion such as the 716th, whichMarlin formerly commanded.

"Marlin's background in civillife was that of a locomotive

engineer—which does not qualifyhim to command 800 men," theofficer testified.

Quails suggested that the rai l ways at home could have giventhe army more railroad men withexecutive experience to commandrailway troops. Inst ead, he said,they followed a policy of "lettingus have the men they couldspare."

Report Only 950 SavedW h e n N a z i Ship W a s Hit

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