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.
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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.
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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
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