Iwo Jima Haven for Homebound B-29s
The Iwo Jima air base serves as a staging site for returning B-29 crews. Col John G. Fowler and Lt Col Ajax B. Fennell direct landing operations with weather fair and light enemy action. Rescue efforts saved 75 of 77 aboard a prior crash, while current arrivals arrive for refueling and minor repairs.
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Sima P—Almon
Marianas Bares
Mike
Seperforts
Red Cross
John G. Fowler
Newnan
Iwo
Ajax B. Fennell
Stuttte
Wash
Fennell Tower
George Gagron
Waterville
Kenneth B. Marshall
Johnstown
Theodore Kimelman
The
Bronx
New York City
Fennell
Fornell
Ivo
Monsoon Rains Hamper British Burma Forces Near Sittang
British and Empire troops struggle in flooded lower Sittang River bend in Burma as monsoon rains hinder crossings. Front lines adapt with a one day dry rear area while patrols press between the Fangoos-Mardalay railroad and the Sittang. Japanese positions and heavy fire complicate retreats and evacuations amid muddy terrain and riverine danger.
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Calcutts
Sittang
Burma
West Mae West
Gard
Reahgoon
Asia
Fangoos-Mardalay
Pru
Game Warden Car Plunges Into River Incident
A garbled report describes a game warden named T. B. Warner who left his car on the riverbank to investigate theft. The narrative mentions a diver with a helmet and a rope, and warnings about danger to people plus river conditions.
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Columbus
T. B. Warner
Gsheschen
Gore
Ehy Sreman
Yamashita Hideout Describes Retreat and Surrender Hopes
A wartime report portrays General Yamashita and his few loyalists hiding in a remote retreat as advancing American forces close in. Prisoners describe the commander’s luxury camp, discipline, and the chaotic retreat, with civilians fleeing and many killed during the retreat and near surrender.
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MacArthur
Bbilion Pines
Yamashita
WesTing
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Iwo Jima
Pacific
Diamond Kings
Rogers Jeweler
Third ST
Lusuru
Luson
Sull
Lequri
Iscousin
Ameerican
Vareshita
Phare
MD BS Pisecue
Gmail
Frears Steseit
Junior Originals
Babs
Frears
Agus
Frears Juniors
Bobby Joe
Trey
Frears Youths Center
Paradise
Pera
ARS
Fy Primrose Howse Famous
New York
Beauty Selon
Stetson
NEW Tudor
Frearr—Second
Flor
Damask
Meokes Up
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