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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
9
Daily war update credits Halsey Mitscher and Kinkaid forces for sinking two light cruisers and multiple battleships in the Sibuyan Sea. The three day series left several Japanese carriers and cruisers sunk or damaged, with minimal remaining enemy ships fleeing toward retreat.
Pfc. Sheridan Barber Jr in Assam India reports GI disappointment with visiting movie stars like Ann Sheridan who cancelled engagements after arriving in the jungle. He notes Marauders narratives and Myitkyina air field actions, and mentions Charles Byerly Jr. nearby planning a visit.
The Japanese admit in a radio broadcast recorded by the FCC that one battleship was sunk and another damaged in Leyte Gulf actions with American forces. Imperial HQ statements report attacks on American troops south of Tacloban and near Dulag since Oct 20, with ongoing fierce fighting and several enemy vessels destroyed or set ablaze.
Field Marshal Count Juichi Terauchi, famed as Baldy since youth and once named Japan's Champion Baldhead by Kotokai, heads a 225,000 strong Japanese force facing Gen Mac Arthur's Allied army in the Philippines. Terauchi met leaders in Tokyo and toured Hitler's Siegfried Line in 1939, declaring impregnable defenses.
Japanese losses include battleship and cruiser damage, two sunk cruisers and a destroyer, seventeen landing craft sunk, and multiple vessels heavily damaged. Propaganda broadcasts from Tokyo extol naval power while contrasting claims about battles and outcomes.
General MacArthur's Leyte beachhead remained secure after Vice Admiral Kinkaid met a bold Japanese attack with aggressive countermeasures. Japanese forces opened Surigao Straits as Sprague's carrier group and PV boats engaged, with Avengers and cruisers striking back and forcing a retreat.
Soviet forces including Rokossovsky first Russian Army and elements of the First Polish Army punched into the Warsaw region driving a bridgehead at least six miles across the Vistula north of the city. Laski and Dabrowka towns neared the main westward railway. German defenses faced encirclement risk as Nyisky threat grew. Arctic port Kirkenes and Transylvania had earlier fallen to Soviet actions.
Nazi radio claims recapture of East Prussia road center Coldap and initiative in the province as Col Gen Heinz Guderian takes command in a fast moving German front. The dispatch notes German gains near Warsaw with tank thrusts and high command reshuffle.
After the final hostilities, a massive barrage of execumunitions shattered the silence in France and sent shockwaves that were recorded as audible up to twenty miles away.
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