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Former Oregon Boy
Stops Jap Attack
With His Helmet
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 14
AP) When all the ammuni
tion lor his automatic rifle and
his submachine gun was gone and
his last grenade had been thrown,
Sgj. Leonard C. DeWitt, 23-year-old
infantryman, of Oiympla,
Wash., formerly of Bend, Ore.,
used his helmet as a weapon and
slopped an enemy attack In New
Guinea.
He has been awarded the dis
tinguished service cross for ex
traordinary heroism in action,
the war . department announced
today. r
The citation accompanying the
decoration tells what happened
on.July 28, 1943, near Boise, New
Guinea, as follows: '
VWhen an infantry company
encountered a large enemy force
in a well-organized perimeter
and took a stand on the top of
a ridge to hold the ground gained
until reinforcements arrived, Ser
geant DeWitt voluntarily carried
ammunition and grenades to the
besieged force despite the fact
lhat the enemy, following an ar
UUery barrage, had launched a
machlnegun attack.
"He found two wounded men
in -a postion adjacent to the at
tacked area. After aiding in evac
uating them, he returned to pre
vent a possible enemy break
through. "Enemy troops were massed in
a gully only five yards from his
postion. He directed automatic
rifle fire at the enemy position
until his ammunition was ex
hausted; then seizing a subma
chine gun, he stood fully exposed
on the brink of the gully, firing
with deadly accuracy and inflict
ing heavy casualties on the ene
my. When this ammunition was
exhausted, he threw his remain
ing grenade. Slipping over the
edge of the gully and colliding
wllh an enemy soldier, he .threw
his helmet, injuring the soldier
und demoralizing enemy troops
l:i the vicinity.
"By his daring, Sergeanl De
Wilt forestalled an enemy break
through and prevented heavier
casualties and possible loss of the
position."
Born February 24, 1!UU, at
Cherokee, Kansas, Sergeant De
Witt enlisted May 13, 1!M(), in the
Oregon national guard at Bend,
previously having completed two
years of high school and having
worked as a mechanic for a like
period.
U. S. Casualties
Are Approaching
Last War Total
WASHINGTON, July 14 -(AD
Announced American battle
casualties in the present war are
approaching the total casualties
incurred In the first World war.
Unreported results In the last
three weeks of heavy lieJitinK In
I7mnn nossihlv have brouuhl the
total past the 1917-11)18 mark.
A total of 187,028 army casual-1
ties announced today by Acting
War Secretary Patterson brought j
to 235,411 the overall total of of-1
ficlally announced casualties on j
tne gnjunu. in mi- m " -)-"
Tlio first World war's overall to
tal was 278,828.
Today's announcement, howev
er, contained "very few" casual
ties from the Normandy front
and none of the heavy navy losses
on Salpan. Inclusion of 24,162
previously reported casualties in
France, up to June 20, and the
announced 1S.053 casualties on
Salpan bring this war's total to
274,626.
The overall army-navy total
was an increase of 6,415 over a
MORE REALISM NEEDED
By Charles V. StantoC
WE wonder ,what justification for their position can be
found by those few eastern clergymen who recently
protested allied bombings of Germany, the use of flame
throwers and other "cruel" instruments of warfare, in view
of the robot bombing of Great Britain. Of course, they
could use the nazi excuse that the robots are in "retaliation"
for allied bombings, but such excuse is too flismy for con
sideration. The allies have at least concentrated their ex
plosives on military objectives. Undoubtedly some were
wide of their mark. Numerous civilians have been killed
by allied bombs. But there has been no such deliberate
attacks on defenseless men .women and children as occurred
in the London blitz, nor in the leveling of Coventry.
We need waste no sympathy upon a nation which loosed
poison gas in the last war and initiated the practice of in
discriminate bombing of civilian populations in the current
struggle, and who have now utilized the latest scientific
invention, the rocket bomb, to strike out of the night for
only one purpose, that of terrorizing noncombatants. If
the rocket bomb strikes a military objective, it is through
accident, for the robots are uncontrolled as to their specific
target, after leaving their launching platforms.
Germany has used terror as an instrument of war. The
blitzkrieg in the early days of the war was more successful
because of the fear instilled into the minds of prospective
tnemi.es, through propaganda, than by actual military
prowess.
Germany woefully miscalculated the American spirit
when it attempted to frighten this country into remaining
jieutral.
The fuct that the liazis depend so largely upon terror as an
instrument of warfare is a hint
The nazi yellow streak is
among our own forces participating in the invasion of thei
continent. American G. , I. Joes are complaining against'
taking prisoners the nazis who fire from sniper posts and!
hidden machine gun nests, taking heavy toll of life, until!
their positions are in danger
forth grinning, with hands in
rad," to be taken prisoner by the men who have seen belov-!
ed comrades killed or wounded only a few moments before.
The idealism of the American and the British people is a
handicap in fightjng this war. Most Americans relish a
good sportsmanlike-fight, but
man who will strike a fallen
gouges or uses other tactics which we term unsportsman-',
like. We enjoy a good fight but we dislike a barroom brawl. !
But you can't use fencing politesse against a skunk, nor
can you expect to make much headway with Marquis of!
Queensbury rules against an opponent who fights with no
holds barred.
We need more reaiism and less idealism in our attitude
toward our enemies. Sympathy is wasted upon people who.
Idok upon such emotion as a sign of weakness and cowardice !'
and who know only the law of "might makes right."
The axis powers have set out to rule the world by force.!
They are willing to use any means to accomplish that end.!
The only defeat they can understand is a defeat brought
about by greater firepower and greater terror than they
can muster.
There is no reason in an argument which would weaken
our offensive. You can't control a mad dog by patting him
gently on the head.
previous report covering the pe
riad through June 13. Army dead
increased 1,218; the navy 200.
The army casualties announced
today include 33,240 killed; 77.4U!)
wounded; 3.S.1I2 missing and 38,-
197 prisoners.
The navv list is composed ot
20.3(12 killed; .14,127 wounded; 9,
433 missing and 4,401 prisoners.
in Italy, army casualties since
the landing last Scplcmhcr
aniounl to 70.3U!) through July 3.
an increase of 5.107 since the re
port covering the period t tin High
June If). Ot the total 12,035 were
killed, 17,157 wounded and 111,
287 missing.
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as to their own craven spirit.
now stirring intense hatred.
of capture, when they come
the air and shouts of "kame-1
we brand as a coward the
opponent, or one who kicks,
Jennifer Bruce Engaged
L1KVI-1RI.Y 1UI.I.S, Calif., July ;
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Ji nniter ilruce, li, and I.t. Jay )
Could 111, 21. son ot the late Jay '
Could II of New York, was an :
niiunivri last nie.it at the home ol j
her parents, l-'ilin Actor Nigel i
l.?ruce and Mrs. Bruce. No wed-1
ding date tias been set. (
Former Senator Dies j
KA1HKAX. Va.. July 1 I i Al'i :
Joseph 1 .il I It Ht lMow. S,'l, lol -l
mer I nited States senator trom
Kansas, died early today at his
home here alter a three-week ill
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Private George F. McNaughton
of Myrtle Creeek and Private
Lester L. Johnston of Riddle,
have been graduated from the
marine corps infantry tactics
school at tamp Pendleton, Ocean
side, Calif. They are now reaay
for assignment to combat infan
try battalions. Private McNaugh
ton was employed as a logger and
sawmill worker at Myrtle Creek
before entering the service. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mc
Naughton live on Gazley route,
Myrtle Creek. Private Johnston,
whose wife, Viola, and their two
year old daughter, Patricia, re
side in Riddle, was employed on
a farm before enlisting last
March. His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Johnston, also reside in
Riddle.
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Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wiley, Rose
eurg, their youngest son, Ralyh
Lawrence Wiley, seaman 2-c, U.
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THE OLD JUDGE SAYS . . .
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" Judge, I've had a lot of calls for that book
you took out last week... 'Tell t lie Boys
Back Home". How did you like it?"
"Fine, Sarah, line... it's just the kind
of book 1 like to get hold of ... 1 enjoyed
every word of it. Wish I could have been
along with the author myself ... actually
living with the men right on the ficlitinc
fronts. He got mighty close to them and
llicy certainly opened up their miuds and
their hearts to him."
DIALjpLOG
By SUSAN.
Friday Is a good night to rest
and relax so you'll be ready lor
a busy day on Saturday, and
there isn't a better way to relax
than to sit down in an easy
chair, tune to 1430, take off your
shoes, lean back and listen to all
the good shows that are coming
your way. Of course you don't
have to take off your shoes the
entertainment Is still good, even
if your feet do hurt. Beginning
at 6:15 with Screen Test, you're
all set. There's Double or Noth
ing at 6:30; local news at 7; Low
ell Thomas at 7:15; Lone Ranger
at 7:30; Eye Witness News at
8 and Name That Song at 8:30.
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"There were lots of new things in the book 1
hadn't seen in any other reports from front
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you going to put prohibition over on us Bol
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their wishes oa that subject."
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It's tonight's broadcast that starts
the advertising. On Saturday
morning there's Haven of Rest at
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Hello Mom at 9:30 the rest of
the daytime hours are good ser
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Board, American Eagles In Brit
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Service program that temporarily
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at 4:30 in the afternoon. Saturday
is the day, too, when you'll find
a shortage of news snots, there's
just one commentator (or should
we say two, since Burke ana
Harrison Wood are both on Night
News Wire at 5:45 now?) How
ever, you'll always find the News
paper of the Air at 10 in the' a. m.
and 9 at night and the local news
at 7:30 in the morning and 7 in
the evening, in addition to the
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