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IWO WORSE THAN OTHER CAMPAIGNS By Lisle Shoemaker United Press War Correspondent With Fifth Marine Division, on Iwo, Feb. 25 (U.R "This Is twice as bad as Tarawa and Guadalcanal doesn't even count aginst this." Those were the words of a marine veteran after four days of grenades and mortar fire and four nights of bayonet banzai at tacks. He was Gunnery Sgt. Earl M. Heacock, El Centro, Calif., a 31-year-old veteran of 11 years in the marines. He fought on both Guadalcanal and Tarawa and now Iwo. He knows the differ , ence. . Stood In Foxholes "I moved up with my outfit the first battalion, 26th regi ment at. noon of D-day and we fought the Japs almost with our bare hands," Heacock said. "We flushed them along the west side of the beach through pillboxes and underbrush. At night we stood up in our fox holes on the front lines and fought off their counterattacks with grenades, bayonets and t knives." ' His description of what all marines on Iwo were going through- was echoed by two bleary-eyed buddies, Cpl. Guy Llberatore, Mansfield, Mass., and Big baby vitfo a bite Here's sixty tons of trouble for Tokio. This majestic Boeing Superfortress can carry forty 500 -lb. calling cards for Hirohito, and a heavy armament of cannon and machine guns to take care of any of his interceptors that try to interrupt delivery. v The Superfortresses Boeing Aircraft Company builds In the west are test-flown and delivered on Chevron Aviation Gasoline, as an extra safeguard against one thing that can stop even a B-29 engine trouble: Boeing, like others who build and fly fine aircraft, have found there's a world of dependable power and 'performance behind the Chevron label. You'll make the same discov ery the day this great Chevron Gasoline comes down from the sky. The SUPERFORTRESS, Song .U f.f MM t (Acme RadiO'Telephoto) The road to Cologne Is pointed out from the popular song of practically the same name near Dureu, Ger many. Four Allied Armies ripped through Germans' western defenses on a blazing 150-mi!o battlefront in a general offensive that has rolled the enemy's vital Rhlneland line back within 11 miles of Cologne. 19-year-old Pfc. E. P. Erby, Chat tanooga, Tenn. Tosses Grenades During the second night, when the Japanese tried to infiltrate. Llberatore said he never fired his rifle once, but tossed gren ade after grenade at the enemy. He saw a marine in the next hole wait until the Jap sneaked up to the top of the hole, then leap up and pull the Japanese down. "I heard the Jap screaming like hell for a minute," Llbera tore said.' "Then all was quiet." Pun Points Road to Cologne Erby said one night seemed like another. "It was just one big night mare of fire, fights, grenades and those damn Japs yelling and running at us and us bumping them off while ducking their grenades," Erby explained. After those four days and nights, the battallion was re lieved. Florida's tobacco crop has an annual value of well over $5. 000,000. . . . rj& , mm - i I m. i F CALl ' a great:plane4hat flies AVIATION Jtes"'' Roosevelt Aide - Dies On Journey Washington, Feb. 28 (U.R) Maj. Gen. Edwin M. (Pa) Wat son, White House secretary and military aide to President Roose velt, died' last week while en route home from the Crimea con ference, it was learned today. Watson, artillery officer In World War I and former West Point football player, had been ill for some time. It was report ed he died of an heart attack. GASOLINE NEARS RANGE OF Florence, S. C, Feb. 28 U.R) The army took its fastest and one of its deadliest bombers off the secret list today and report ers were permited to view and fly in the A-26 Invader. In action in Europe since last October, the two-engine war plane which packs a 75-millimeter cannon made 30 missions between Nov. 17 and Jan. 11 without challenge by enemy air craft, the Ninth Air Force has announced. It Is not yet In extensive ac tion against the Japanese, but "we believe the Japs cannot catch us after we've released our bombs," Brig. Gen. Robert O Oliver said. Japanese fighters with speeds of more than 400 mph. have been reported recent ly. Oliver commands the First Air Force's 5Jth training wing, whose combat veteran instruc tors are training new crews for combat in the A-26. His new Douglas plane is expected to re place the B-26 and A-20 in the near future. Here's how Oliver compares It with the medium bombers: Range: Nearly twice as great approaching that of the B-29. Speed: 60 to 100 miles faster. Bomb Load: Heavy. Maneuverability: Akin to that of a pursuit ship. first on Rate of climb: Approaches that of a fighter. Fire Power Various combina tions of up to ten 50 calibre ma chine guns and 20, 37, and 75 mm. cannon. Top and bottom turrets, each mounting two 50 calibre machine guns, are oper ated by remote control in an in stallation similar to that of the B-29. Crew: Two or three depend ing upon which of alternate noses one a bombardier's is installed. The A-28 has a 70-foot wing span, a squared, 50-foot nine inch fuselage, tricycle landing gear. It Is pcwered with twin 2,000 horsepower Pratt-Whitney engines and three blade Hamil ton standard propellers. A bub ble-type canopy provides excel lent pilot visibility. Klamath Air Depot Housing Approved Washington, Feb. 28 (U.R) The house appropriations com mittee has approved construc tion of navy personnel training and housing facilities in 22 states at a cost of $24,778,608. Other items included In the bill, still to be passed by the SPRING MERCHANDISE Coats. Suits. 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