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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1944
Page
4
Allied bombers attacking targets along a 3000 mile front from Manchuria to Sumatra hit Japanese production centers. Heavy raids disrupted war material output as air forces continued operations across Asia.
An ad from ST MARYS Kan D J Lane Co promotes a free trial of a $1.25 home remedy for asthma and hay fever symptoms. Readers are asked to send name and address and report symptoms before paying the $1.25 if satisfied. The rest of the text shifts to war news about bomber production and Allied air actions in Asia, with brief notices of Japanese strikes, British Far Eastern operations, and Allied bombardment.
A military observer states General MacArthur can liberate the Philippines at a comparably small American casualty cost by applying his New Guinea strategy. He calls the approach hitting the enemy where weak, using jungles to avoid frontal assaults, and selecting decisive points to strike. The observer cites Hollandia and Altape campaigns as evidence, noting heavy Japanese losses versus modest U.S. casualties.
CHUNGKING Aug 28 An official note announced the execution of Gen Chang Teh Seng commander of China's Fourth Army. He was executed August 25 after being found guilty by a court martial of dereliction in duty during the defense of Changsha and allowing a key hill to fall, contributing to the city’s capture.
Allied forces isolate Dutch East Indies and push toward the Philippines while Hope's USO troupe entertains troops on Biak Island New Guinea A Japanese earnt killed 1200 yards from the stage as the show eased into its second act and others were captured nearby amid reports of starving garrisons and ongoing air and sea attacks in the region
Wing commander praises Ninth Air Force fighter group under Col Robert L Delashaw for five days of combat in Normandy. Ground forces drove enemy from hedges to roads, leaving abundant targets of trucks tanks and staff cars. Thunderbolts strafed columns and halted traffic as roads clogged with moving vehicles.
In a August 28, 1944 San Antonio Light piece, pilots recounting missions describe firing at targets along roads, setting vehicles alight and burning whole columns as they strafed trains. Maj. F B Kinne reports trucks jammed roads under heavy fire, with explosions destroying multiple vehicles on each run. Col Delashaw cited for Distinguished Flying Cross amid coverage of the Thunderbolt group.
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