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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 80, 1541 PAGE THREE FIVE AMERICANS PLAY TAG WITH JAPSjNGUINEA Soldiers Return to Base After 15-Day Adventure on Remote Jungle Island. Br Frnk Hewlett United Press Staff Correspondent Somewhere In New Guinea, Sept. 29 (U.FD rive American enlisted men who flashed word of a Japanese landing on an Is land in the north-eastern sector of this battle area and then play ed hide and seek with the Jap anese for IS days are safe after many hair-breadth escapes. Lanky, modest Staff Sgt. George Heap, Jr., of Davenport. Ia, who is 17 pounds lighter now than on the day when his group first saw the Japanese approach ing told me the story. He com manded a lookout post that In cluded Corp. Claytor Evans, Wales, Wis., Pvt. Joseph Klran ak, borne address unavailable; Pvt. Richard Prossed, Seward, Alaska, and Pvt. Paddy O'Nell, Matoon, 111. Japs Sighted The quintet was stationed at a remote island lookout post atop a mountain when early in the morning of Aug. 25 they sighted a. small spot on the water. Soon other spots appeared, and presently tne Americans saw that they were seven, large launches, each containing about 30 Japanese. HeRp's party notified head quarters of the approaching Jap anese. "Okay," headquarters replied, "destroy your equipment, and et going. Good luck." Carrying a supply of hand grenades, rifles and little else, the Americans began their flight. By this time the enemy had landed a few miles away and was headed toward the lookout station. "We went seven miles through the jungles before we halted that night," Heap related. During the days that followed, the quintet had a grandstand view of an allied air raid on Japanese warships possibly a direot result of the tip the party had radioed to headquarters. The morning following the raid the Americans found wreckage on the beach, testifying that the bombing had been successful. Once a Japanese patrol passed W eei kUi gtatg cm I think ef ah lluue W M .' iotot without fires". Drawn lor Office of War ItormUon within 100 yards of the lookout party. On a later occasion, allied planes dived at their small boat while they were attempting to reach the mainland. Picking up the story after the first seven-mile dash into the jungle. Heap said that the next morning the party came to an isolated spot on the beach and discovered two abandoned can oes. "We took the one that looked best to us and started paddling like hell for the mainland," he said. . "But we'd gotten only about half a mile when the canoe started to sink, so we turned around. We had almost succeed ed in reaching the shore when the canoe sank. We swam the rest of the way. "We then decided to go to; the opposite side of the Island. ' We rested one day in the moun tains, and then at dawn made our way to another island where we spent five days walking around and eating yams, paw paws, and bananas. Some days we walked 23 miles. We all had blisters on our feet. The best thing about that island was an abundance of fresh water. Double Quinine "I ordered the men on double quinine 20 grains daily be cause we couldn't risk anyone getting malaria. "We started eating only one meal a day, which we had late in the afternoon. It consisted of eating all the fruit we could We had discovered that we couldn't walk far if wa ate lots of fruit in the morning and at noon. Ultimately, Heap related, "A small boat was discovered and made seaworthy. In this craft the party made its way to the mainland, and there contacted allied troops. The men are now all back on duty after a brief rest. "We discovered." Heap said looking down at his oversized new shoes, "that we could walk a helluva long way if we have to." . 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