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By cpi* m. McClellandstars ms* Stripes Staff WriterSOMEWHERE IN THE MARIANAS—An atomic bomb in her belly, the Super fort, Great Artiste,” roared over Jap home islands, her erew more occupied with their dwindling gas supply than the historic significance of the B-29's burden.We had to pass up our primary target as it was clouded over, and heading for Nagasaki we started squeezing our gas drop by drop, related Major Charles W. Sweeney, North Quincy, Mass., pilot ©f the Super fort.Luckily the clouds opened at the right instant and we scored a direct hH «n the huge Mitsubishi aircraft factory,” continued the11rrl--(1I-?Stt-i-nii!a.i:W.D. RevealsNazi MurderOf 15 GIsWASHINGTON (ANS) — The Germans executed 15 American soldiers in Italy in March, 1944 with complete disregard for rules of warfare, the War department; withbombardier, Capt. Kermit K. Bea-han, Houston, Tex.Sgt, Raymond C. Gallagher, Chicago, IIL, assistant flight engineer, told of seeing a tremendous whitish flash such as he had never seen before. This was. followed by a black cloud which billowed up like a balloon, momentarily displacing his thoughts of the diminishing fuel.I glanced down just after the bomb exploded and what I saw looked like a big red ball coming up,” claimed tailgu nner S/Sgt. Albert T. Dehart, Plainview, Tex. “On the ground was a big black cloud and out of it came a huge white cloud. 1 could tell you about it all day, but you have to see it to really grasp its vnslness.”“It felt like bursts of ark ack slamming into the bottom of the fuselage when the bomb exploded,” said M/Sgt. John D. Kuharek, Columbus, Neb., flight engineer.The Great Artiste was the companion plane t© the one making the first raid, According to the plane's commander, LA. Charles D. Albury, Miami, Fla., the explosion at Nagasaki was muchgreater than Hiroshima's blast I have never seen anything on any ;other mission that would compare either of the atomic bombhas revealed.Bodies of two officers and 13 enlisted men, all in uniform, wereexplosions,” he said.There wasn’t si' single burst of flak over Nagasaki,” stateddiscovered in a common grave in radio operator Sgt. Abe M. Spit-Irsnorthern Italy shortly before V-E day. American troops advancing along the coast found them with their handts still tied behind their back. Shoes were missing from each body, the War department said.Criminal# k CustodyEvery effort has been made to catch Nazi war criminals respon-sible for the mass execution. Sev- tfte ran out of gas.’ He added eral already are in custody and j J was sure glad to.see that.islandwill be brought to trial soon. | «fterT^ee «*«“ £ours OV~The 15 Americans were captured f.dJu t I jj M ^ while carrying out military opera- ’ guess the old girl hvedtions behind German lines, the I “P to m goodWar department said. Ithe jay though, said S/Sgt. Ed-Tbey bad been put ashore by ward K* Buckley, Lisbon, Ohm.PT boats at night to blow up azer, Bronx, New York, “but we had quite a bit around Hiroshima. We could still see that towering white cloud when we were 245 miles away from the target.” Asked what impressed him the most, Capt. James F. Van Felt, navigator, Oak Hill, W. Va., grinned and replied, “Managing to get to Okinawa before the Great Ar—•yidap-mn,leidoeIke And Stalin View Parade lit Red SquareMOSCOW (UP)—Gen. Eisenhower witnessed a parade of Soviet athletes in Red Square Sun-theresults of Russia's mass physical culture program.(Soviet Far Eastern broadcastsrailroad tunnel.Executed Men Named The executed men were Lt.Vincent J. Russo, Montciair, N.J.,Lt. Paul J. Trafigante, New York City; T/Sgt. Livio Vieceli, Manor,Pa.; Dominick C. Manure, New day, viewing at first hand York City; Sgt. Alfred L. Deflum-eri, Natick, Mass.Technicians Fifth Grade Salvatore Disclafam, Brooklyn; Santoro; reported that Eisenhower andCalcara, Detroit; Joseph M. Far-rel, Southport, Conn.; John J-Leone, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Joseph A. Libardi, West Stockbridge, Mass.; Joseph Noia, New York City; Thomas N. Savin©, Brooklyn; Angelo Sirico, Brooklyn; Rosario F. Squatrito, Staten Island,Premier Stalin watched the parade, the first since 1940, for two hours from atop the Lentn mausoleum.)Before the parade, Eisenhower presented Gen. Alexei I. Antonov, chief of the Red Army general staff, with the Legion of Merit.N.Y.; lberty J. Tremonte, West-; The citation for the decoratio® was port, Conn. 'signed by President Truman.
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