fffodnoiday, June t. 194S
AMONG JAPANESE
AT NAHAFIELD
Reconnaissance Patrols
Paddle Over Water to
Stroll Among Japanese
TEW MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
By Edward Thomm
(United Press Correspondent)
Nana, Okinawa, June 2. (De
layed). (U.PJ (via Navy radio) 16
marine volunteers paddled across
Nana harbor to the Oroku pen
insula last night and wandered
for three hours among the Jap
anese defenders of . Naha air
field. They returned unharmed
to headquarters here today.
These men were the first to
cross Naha harbor, and It was
the kind of job they have been
doing since the marines landed
on Okinawa. They are members
of the sixth reconnaissance com
pany commanded by Major An
thony walker, Washington, D
C. Probing ahead of the front
lines is its specialty.
Four Patrols
The 16 marines were divided
, Into four patrols, led by Corpor
als Gardner OErien, Beverly
Mass.; John Watson, Wilkons
burg, Penn.; Harold H. Zaw, De
troit, Mich., and Walter Curtis,
Boston, Mass.
They paddled through treach
erous currents and over razor
(harp coral reefs to reach the
Oroku peninsula, which luts Into
the China Sea below Naha. I
O Brien said his patrol landed
at 10 p. m. on the northernmost
coral spit of the peninsula. After
walking for a while to get his
bearings, "I paraded right up the
middle of the road. He entered
the outskirts of Kagamisui, a vil
lage only 200 yards north of
Naha air field the best on Oki
nawa, No Japs Been
"We heard somebody firing a
few rounds of mortars nearby,"
O'Brien said, "and there was
soma rifle fire further down the
beach. But I didn't see a single
Jap soldier. Just as we were
entering Kagamisui, we ducked
into a ditch and watched two
Okinawans walk by, only ten
yards away.
"I think we could have gone
right through town and onto the
air field, but that wasn't our
mission. The road wasn't mined,
and apparently there weren't
many Japanese soldiers around.
We took our time and went back
to the beach the same way we
had come right down the mid
dle of the road."
Members of O'Brien's patrol
were Pvts. Edward Grossman,
Hudson, N. Y.; Elbert Wood
. hams, Sonora, CaL, and James
K. Burkart, Charleston, N. C.
Currents Strong
Watson's patrol spotted five
Japanese on a pint-sized light
house on the southern shore of
Naha harbor, but they didn't fire
on them. This patrol also tecon
noltered for three hours before
returning to Its boat.
"The Japanese threw four or
five rifle bullets at us when we
left, but that was all. We had
more trouble with strong cur
rents. They carried us eight or
nine nundrcd yards from the ;
spot we had picked out for a '
landing, Watson said. j
"It wasn't so nice floating
around that harbor in the dark
ness, particularly after we
spotted a horned mine bobbing
near us." ,
Watson's patrol Included Pvts.
R. M. Wilson, Houston, Texas;
Lyle Phillips, Oklahoma City
and Elsworth Q. Waters, Roches
ter. N. Y.
Hayes' patrol Included Pvts
Robert L. Phillips, Wheeling, W.
Va,; Charles R. Morely, Glovers
ville, N. Y., and Gardner Rivers,
Winter Haven, Fla. Curtis' pa
trol included Pvts. Raymond L.
Kcol, Windsor, N, Y.; San
Knaas. St. Paul, Minn.; and
Paul Rawlis, Old Orchard, Mo.
STRIKE SETTLED
Burbank, Calif., June 6 (U.R)
L,ocnneca Aircraft corporation
workers who two weeks ago vot-
pa moro tliRn two to one for i
strike today settled their differ
enceS With thA manannmant k.
signing a new contract and re
newing no strike pledge.
TO END BRIDGE TOLLS
Sacramento, June 6. U.R)
The Stiit Toll Bridge authority
today unanimously voted to end
toll collections on the Carqulnez
in Aiiuocn Driagcs on Aug
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