TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday. Aug. 13, 194S
Pearl Harbor
SNEAK ATTACK
0. S. FLEET LEADS
TO NIPS UNDOING
1941
Dec. 7 Japanese bombers at
tack Pearl Harbor and other
U. S. possessions In Pacific. Jap
anese Imperial Headquarters an
nounces a state of war existed
with U. S. at 4 p. m. EST. Jap
anese troops land in Malaya,
bombing Singapore.
Sec.etary of State Hull, ac
cuses Japan of making "treach
erous and unprovoked attack"
upon U. S.; said Japan had been
"infamously false and fraudu
lent" in preparing attack while
carrying on diplomatic conver
sations. Canada, Netherlands In
dies and Costa Rica declare war
on Japan,
Dec. 8 U. S. declares war on
Japan after President Roosevelt's
address to Joint session of con
gress. Great Britain declares
war on Japan.
Dec. 10 Great Britain an-
nounces sinking of battleship
Prince of Wales and battle cruis
er Repulse off Malaya.
Dec. II U. S. communique re
ports sinking of Japanese battle
ship Haruna off Luzon and
Japanese cruiser and destroyer
off Wake Island.
Dec. 13 Secretary of Navy
Knox reveals Amcncin losses at
Pearl Harbor as the battleship
Arizona; destroyers Cassin, Shaw
and Downes; minelayer Oglala
and the target ship Utah. Navy
casualties given as PI officers
and 2,638 men killed; 20 offi
cers and 636 men wounded.
President Roosevelt, In a mes
inge to congress, blames Em
peror Hirohito of perfidy In
U. S.-Japanese war.
Dec. 17 Rear Adm. Chester
W. Nlmltz replaces Adm. Hus
band E. Kimmel as commander-
in-chief of Pacific fleet; Lt. Gen.
Delos C. Emmons replaces Lt,
Gen. Walter C. Short as com
mander of the Hawaiian depart
ment of U. S. army; Brig. Gen.
Clarence L. Tinker replaces Ma
Gen. Frederick L. Martin as
commander of the army air
corps.
Dec. 23 U. S. navy announces
Japanese landed on Wako Island
Dec. 27 Japanese Ignore
American proclamation declar
ing Manila an open city.
1942
Jan. 2 Manila falls to Japan
ese along with Cavlte naval base.
Jan. 8 Navy announces Jap
anese lost seven warships at
Wake Island.
Jan. 11 Japanese Invade Bor
neo and Celebes.
Jan. 23 Australia reports
Japanese troop landings In New
Britain and Solomon Islands.
Jan. 24 Pearl Harbor investi
gation board reports Inexcus
able negligence on part of trust
ed officers in Japanese attack on
U. S. Pacific naval base.
Feb. 1 U. S. navy announces
"surprise attack" by surface and
air units of the Pacific fleet on
Japanese naval and air bases In
the Marshalls.
Feb. 18 Japanese bomb Port
Darwin, Australian port.
Feb. 20 Ball invaded by Jap
anese. March 0 Gen. Tomoyukl
Yamashita appointed chief of
Japanese forces in Philippines,
succeeding Gen. Masaharu Horn
ma, who is reported to have com
mitted suicide.
March 14 U.S.-Britain report
12 allied warships sunk and one
damaged In battle ot the Java
sea between Feb. 27-Mar. 1; Jap
anese losses Included one cruiser
sunk, two others damaged, one
destroyer sunk, three seriously
damaged.
; April 3 Navy announces loss
of aircraft tender Langley, de
stroyer Peary and naval tanker
P.:ios all in the Pacific.
April 4 U. S. submarines sink
Japanese light cruiser and prob
ably sink" another icar Java,
and damage five other Japanese
vessels.
April S Japanese capture Ba
taan and an exhausted defending
army of 36,853 men.
April 10 American flag con
tinues to fly on Corregldor: 3.500
sailors and marines escaped from
Uataan.
April 18 American bombers
attack Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe
and NaRpya.
May 6 Corregldor surrenders
after 27-day battle.
May 7 U. S. naval forces link
seven Japanese warships and
one supply vessel off Solomon
Islands. Four other Japanese
vessels badly damaged.
June 6 Adm. Chester W.
Nimitz announces withdrawal of
Japanese fleet In Mid-vay Island
area, after additional losses.
June 1L Navy reveals Japan
ese made sniBll landings in Aleu
tian Islands. Navy also reveals
three American WBrshlps lost In
ISnttlc of the Coral Sea, Includ
ing the aircraft carrier Lexing
ton; said Jnpnnese lost 13 ships.
Including aircraft carrier Hyj
kaku. Aug. 10 Adm. Krnest J. King,
commander-in-chief of U. S
fleet, announces landing by
American forces In tha Tulagl
area of the Solomon 'slands in
three-day-old battle; loss of one
cruiser and damage to two de
stroyers, two cruisers and one
transport acknowledged.
Aug. 21 U. S. marines raided
Japanese-held Makin Island of
the Gilbert group on Aug. 17. j
Sept. 9 American bombers
blast Japanese installations on
Gizo Island, 213 miles nonnwesi
of Guadalcanal.
Sept. 14 Western defense
command announces discovery
on Sept. 9 of fragments of a
apparently Japanese Incendiary
bomb near Brookings, ore.
Sept. 16 Navy discloses loss
of aircraft carrier Yorktown
(19.900 tons), sunk June 7 by
Japanese In battle of Midway,
Sept. 24 Navy announces loss
of destroyer Jarvls ana me auxil
iary transport Little in action off
the Solomons.
Sept. 30 U. S. transport
George F. Elliott, and a small
converted destroyer Gregory lost
In action In the Solomons.
Oct. 3 Navy reveals Japan
ese landed limited reinforce
ments on Guadalcanal Island.
Oct. 7 Japanese evacuate
Attu and Aggattu in the Aleu
tians.
Oct. 12 Three heavy U. S,
cruisers the Quincy, Vinccnnes
and the Astoria . revealed as
lost in action In the Solomons
mnrnintf of Aug. 9.
Oct. 14 Japanese troops land
on north coast of Guadalcanal to
the west of United States posi
tions.
Oct. 15 American soldiers
land to Join forces with the Ma
rines In fifth day of name 01
the Solomons.
Oct. 16 Japanese troops and
artillery reinforcements land on
Guadalcanal.
Oct. 21 Destroyers Meredith
and O'Brien reported as lost in
enemy action within past three
days in the Solomons.
Oct. 23 U. S. bombers attack
Hongkong In first allied raid on
the colony since Japanese oc
cupation last Christmas.
Oct. 26 Navy reveals sink
ing of the aircraft carrier Wasp
on Sept. 13 by Japanese simma-
rine or submarines in Solomons;
also announce loss of American
destroyer Porter, and damage
to another aircraft carrier In the
Solomons.
Oct. 27 Navy discloses a Jap
anese breakthrough in American
lines on Guadalcanal.
Oct. 30 Secretary of Navy
Knox announces that the Jap
anese fleet has withdrawn from
the Solomons and that the Amer
ican ground forces on Guadal
canal were still occupying "every
Inch of ground.
Nov. 1 U. S. naval communi
que reports damage to two Jap
anese aircraft carriers, two dbi-
tlcshlns. three cruisers in a sea-
air battle near the Stewart Isl.tnd
in the South Pacific on Oct. 26.
Nov. 3 Japanese niBke new
landings on Guadalcanal night
of Nov. 3.
Nov. 16 Reporting on the bat
tle of the Solomons, Navy an
nounced American forces had
sunk 23 Japanese warships, In
cluding one Japanese battleship,
five cruisers, eight transports
and five cargo transports; U. S.
losses Included two light cruis
ers and six destroyers.
Nov. 22 Loss of an additional
U. S. destroyer In the Solomons
naval engagement.
Nov. 28 American bombers
raid Japanese bases In the north
western Solomons striking at
New Georgia and Bougainville.
Dec. 3 Japanese repulsed In
attempt to land reinforcements
on Guadalcanal; lose nine ships.
Including two destroyers or
cruisers.
Dec. 8 Navy disclosed full
facts of Pearl Harbor; reported
sinking or serious crippling of
10 warships Including five bat
tleships and damage to three
other battleships and five smaller
warcrnft; casualties included the
killing of 2.343 army and navy
enlisted men and the wounding
of 1.272 others, while 960 sailors
and marines still are reported
as "missing."
Dec. 8 Premier Hldekl Tojo
warned the Japanese that their
country had entered a critical
period of the war.
Dec. 12 Navy disclosed sink
ing of the transport President
Cocilirige In the Pailfic by a
mine: only four of the 4,000 on
board were lost.
Dec. 15 American bombers
blast new Japanese air baso at
Munda, New Guinea.
Dec. 17 U. S. bombers raid
Japanese base on Kiska island.
Dec. 25 Tokyo announces
raid on Wake Island.
Hoc. 28 IT. S. numbers, oper
ating out of Guadalcanal, flew
S(U miles to Kabaul, New Brit
ain island, to carry out a suc
cessful raid.
Dec. 27 Premier Tojo warn
ed Japanese that the war was
just "beginning."
1943
Jan. 1 Adm. Nlmlti disclosed
the heaviest single bombing at
tack on Japanese-held Wake
Island since Pearl Harbor on
night of Dec. 23-25; sonn 75,000
pounds of bombs rained on ob
jective. Jan. 3 Navy revealed action
In Pacific off Savo Island on Nov
14 In which a U. S. bafleship
bagged 32 planes and later sunk
to Victory -War With Japan Summarized
four Japanese ships off Guadal-
cana,
Jan. 9 American warships
shelled the new Japanese base
at Munda, in the New Georgia
Islands.
Jan. 11 Navy announced the
aircraft carrier Hornet (previ
ously announced but unidenti
fied) was lost in Battle of Santa
Cruz Islands on Oct. 26, 1942
other vessels previously an
nounced but unidentified) was
lost In Battle of Santa Cruz
Islands on Oct. 26, 192- other
vessels previously announced
iost were identified as the heavy
cruiser Northampton; light cruis
era Atlanta and Juneau, and de
stroyers Cushlng, Preston. Ben-
ham, Walke, Monsscn, Laffey
and Barton.
Jan. 20 U. S. forces killed
1032 Jaoanese in Solomons in
four days of fighting which end
ed night of Jan. 17.
Jan. 22 Gen. MacArthur an
nounces all Japanese resistance
in the Sanananda area of New
Guinea ended
Jan. 31 Secretary of Navy
Knox disclosed "at Pearl Harbor
that he had been on a two-week
trirj to the Pacific war zone; de
clared that Japanese would be
wiped out on Guadalcanal in 30
days.
Feb. 9 Jaoanese announce
their forces on Guadalcanal have
been evacuated to other points.
Feb. 11 Gen. MacArthur re
ported Jaoanese decisively beat
en in the Wau region of New
Guinea.
Feb. 16 Navy announced two
Japanese destroyers had been
sunk or badly damaged in drawn-
out naval engagement In Solo
mons and also reported loss of
U. S. cruiser Chicago and a de
stroyer, unnamed.
Feb. 27 Saburo Kurusu, spec
ial Japanese envoy to the U. S.
prior to the war, warndd his peo
ple to take the Anglo-American
unconditional surrender" state
ment seriously.
Mar. 3 Washington reported
nine air attacks during February
on Japanese base at Kiska Island
In the Aleutians.
Mar. 4 Gen MacArthur s
headquarters announced comple
tion of naval battle with .he Jap
anese, called the Battle of Bis
marck Sea; communique report
ed 10 warships and 12 transports
sunk Or left in sinking condition;
13,000 Japanese soldiers report
ed lost and S3 enemy planes
downed; U. S. losses reported as
one bomber and three fighter
planes.
Mar. 8 Premier Tojo of Ja
pan said that "1943 is the year
In which the Issue of the world
war must be decided
April 3 Allied headquarters
in Australia reported sinking of
two Japanese cruisers and a de
stroyer off New Ireland
April 12 Japanese planes raid
Port Moresby, New Guinea; 37
planes lost.
April 17 Navy reported Kis
ka bombed 13 times more.
April 20 War department re
vealed full details of U. S. raid
on Tokyo on April 18, 1942
"Shangri-La" was the aircraft
carrier Hornet; 64 of 80 men re
turned eight believed to be
prisoners.
April 21 President Hooscvelt
announced that the Japanese had
'barbarously executed at least
some of the eight captured U S.
fliers who bombed Japan in
April, 1942. The president served
notice in his statement and in a
protest through the state depart
mcnt that the U. S. would pun
ish the Japanese responsible.
April 22 Japanese issued a
one-way ' ticket to hell to any
American flier who ittemptcd
another raid on Japan.
April 23 Navy disclosed oc
cupation of island of Funafuti,
about 450 miles south of the Gil
bert group.
April 23 Prime Minister
Churchill pledged the British air
force to Join the U. S. In bomb
ing Japan .mill "this cruel and
greedy nation" has been stripped
of its power "to moles' the civil
ized world.
May 3 Navy repor'ed 13
bombing attacks on Kiska on
May 1. (Kiska was raided 145
times In April and 31 times in
March.)
May 7 Washington disclosed
U. S. occupation of the Aleutian
island of Amchitka on Jan. 12.
1943.
May 14 U. S. troops landed
on Island of Attu on May 11.
May 18 U. S. army bombers
raid Wake Island.
May 22 Battle of Attu report
ed In Us final stage, with the
Japanese split Into three parts.
May 30 Japanese Imperial
Headquarters revealed that Its
garrison on Attu Island had "per
ished." June 14 U. S. submarines
sank 12 more Japanese vessels
and damaged four others.
June 17 Seventy-seven Jap
anese planes shot out of the
Guadalcanal skies ')' U. S. fliers
In worst Japanese aerial defeat
since Battle of Santa Cruz; U. S
loft six planes: brought down 32
bombers and 45 Zeros.
June 30 Gen. Mai ' ' ur
started a broad offcnsl 'e against
Japanese positions; made land
lugs on Rendova and New Geor
gia Islands In the Central Solo
molts; occupied Islands off New
Guinea and made a landing at
Nassau Ray In Now Guinea
Jiuy i Allied troops com
plcted occupation of Rendova
I Island; shore guns and planes
struck at Munaa ana vna on
on Kolombangara Island, north
west of New Georgia; Japanese
lost 101 planes to 17 in trying to
prevent allied occupation of Ken
dova,
July 6 Battle of Kula Gulf in
South Pacific ended in victory
for the U. S. navy: incomplete
reports estimate Japanese prob
ably lost six warships and suf
fered damage to lour others;
b. S. lost a cruiser.
July 7 U. S. troops land on
both sides of Munda, New Geor
gia Island.
July 7 Later reports on Bat
tle of Kula Gulf revealed Jap
anese lost nine warships while
U. S. lost light cruiser Hilena.
. Aug. 6 U. S. soldiers and ma
rines capture the Japanese air
field at Munda in the Solomons.
Aug. 16 American troops cap
tured island of Vella Lavella, in
the Solomons.
Aug. 20 In New Guinea, the
Japanese were driven in full re
treat to inner defenses at air base
at Salamaua.
Aug. 21 U. S. and Canadian
forces occupy Island of Kiska
without Japanese opposition on
Aug. 15; Japanese withdrew un
der cover of fog; no allied life
lost.
Aug. 21 Allied aircraft bomb
Japanese air base at Wewak,
New Guinea, for fourth time in
a week; netted 33 Japanese
planes.
Aug. 23 Navy announced oc
cupation of Segula Island, 20
miles east of Kiska, by Ameri
can and Canadian forces.
Sept. 1 U. S. naval vessels
and planes blasted the Japanese
Marcus Island.
Sept. 5 Japanese abandon Re-
kata Bay base in South Pacific.
Sept. 6 In a powerful assault
led personally by Gen. MacAr
thur, allied forces landed on the
Gulf of Huon, east of Lae and
less than 25 miles from Sala
maua.
Sept. 17 Gen. MacArthur an
nounces capture of Japanese base
or L,ae, New Guinea.
Oct. 8 Gen. MacArthur's
headquarters reports that the
Japanese lost a cruiser and two
destroyers and suffered damage
to itwo other destroyers In a
night battle with U. S. naval
forces north of Vella Lavella.
Oct. 13 Biggest Pacific allied
air fleet ever assembled Iroooed
J3U tons of bombs In surprise
raid at Rabaul, New Britain, on
uci. 12
Oct. 19 U. S, submarines re
vealed as having sunk or dam
aged 480 Japanese merchantmen:
of this number 319 were sunk
and 36 probably sent to bottom
Oct. 26 Emperor Hirohito
and Premier Tojo told the Jap
anese diet (parliament) that the
United States was "rising from
its defeat at the start of the
war and that the empire's situa
tion was truly grave."
Oct. 29 Gen. MacArthur an
nounced uncontested 'ending of
paratroops on Choiscul Island, in
northern Solomons.
Nov. 1 American ground
forces made bold invasion in
Solomons, resulting in capture
of hmpress Augusta bay, half
way up the Bougainville coast.
Nov. 2 U. S. marines land on
Bougainville Island, cut off
thousands of outflanked Japan
ese on southeast approaches to
Rabaul.
Nov. 4 Allied bombers wreck
Japanese fleet assembling at Ra
baul for attack on Americans in
Solomons; destroy or din-age 26
vessels, including five warships,
and 108 planes.
Nov. 10 Adm. William F.
Halsey reported landing of large
force of U. S. army troops on
Bougainville Island on Nov. 8.
without loss of a man.
Nov. 18 U. S. Liberators
bomb Marshall and Glloert Is
lands for fourth and fifth suc
cessive days.
Nov. 20 American forces In
vade the Gilbert Islands In the
Pacific; U. S. Marines and army
forces land on Makln and Tara
wa atolls.
Nov. 22 Marines land on
Abemama atoll in the Gilberts.
Nov. 23 Americans capture
Makin atoll In Gilberts; Adm
Nimitz said the Islands were safe
ly in U. S. hands.
Nov. 24 U. S. forces mop up
In Gilberts after three-day con
quest of the islands; Jipanese
killed estimated at 4.000
Dec. 2 Loss of the U.S.S. LIs-
comc Bay, an escort carrier, re
ported in the Gilbert Islands
operation: also loss of the sub
marine Wahoo.
Dec. 8 Adm. Nimitz an
nounced U. S. atta k by our
strongest naval task forces ever
sent against Japan s island out
posts on Kwajclein, Ebcye Rol
and Wotje islands In the Mar
shalls on Dec. 4.
Dec. 9 Australian troops cap
ture Wareo. a Japanesj ase in
New Guinea, on Dec. 8.
Dec. 15 U. S. forces invade
New Britain.
Doc. 21 Allies capture Forti
fication Point. New Guinea.
Dec. 24 Navy bombers raid
Japanese mid-Pacific island of
Nauru.
Doc. 26 Marines land on
western end of New Britain.
Doc. 29 Allies scire Blucher
Point, on New Guinea.
Dec. 30 Marines capture iin-,
portant airdrome on Cape Glou
cester, on New Britain.
1944
Jan. SI Americans invade
Marshall Islands after record na
val and aerial bombardment.
Feb. 16 Pacific fleet carries
out two-day attack on Truk,
sinking 16 ships and destroying
201 planes.
Feb. 29 U. S. troops Invade
Admiralty Islands, overrunning
Los Negros.
April 1 Pacific fleet blasts
Palau Island, 530 miles from
Philippines, destroying every
ship at anchor there and at Wolai
and Yap.
April 20 New allied East Asia
fleet hammers northwestern tip
o Sumatra.
April 22 U. S. troops land
along 150-mile front on Dutch
New Guinea, including Hollandia
and Aitape.
May 27 Gen. MacArthur's
troops invade Biak Island, north
of New Guinea and only 900
miles below the Philippines.
June 14 American troops
land on Saipan Island in the
Marianas, 1,496 miles from
Tokyo.
June 15 Giant B-29 Super
fortresses bomb the steel center
of Yawata on the Japanese home
island of Kyushu.
June 19 U. S. carrier planes
smash Japanese task force off
Philippines, sinking four war
ships, damaging 10 and bagging
373 enemy planes.
July 8 American forces com
plete occupation of Saipan.
July 20 U. S. assault troops
land on Guam, south of Saipan.
Aug. 10 Marines complete
capture or Guam.
Sept. 11 U. S. troops land
at Morotai in Halmaheras, 300
miles south of the Philippines
and at Palau, 560 miles Jo their
east.
Sept. 20-21 U. S. carrier
planes attack Manila area for
first time; 105 Japanese ships hit.
405 planes destroyed or dam
aged.
Sept. 20 U. S. army com
pletes occupation of Angaur, In
Palau Islands.
Sept. 26 Superfortresses at
tack Anshan, Manchukuo.
Sept. 26 Americans virtually
end Japanese resistance on Pe-
leliu Island. ,
Oct. 8 U. S. Third fleet bom
bards Marcus Island.
Oct. 9 Carrier planes of Adm.
Halsey'g Third fleet attack the
Ryukyu Islands, Innermost guar
dians of the Japanese homeland.
Oct. 11-12 U. S. carrier force
attacks Formosa, sinks 27 ships
ana destroys 398 planes; 45
American planes lost.
Oct. 16 B-29s blast target on
Formosa.
Oct. 17 Japanese fleet turns
tail after approaching U. S. navy
forces off Formosa.
Oct. 18 U. S. submarines sink
32 more Japanese vessels, bring
ing their war-long bag to 804
ships sunk.
Oct. 20 In a joint army-navy
operation, Gen. MacArthur lands
his troops on Leyte Island in the
Philippines.
Oct. 22 Tacloban, capital of
Leyte Island, taken by Ameri
cans. Oct. 25-27 Japanese navy is
crippled and put to flight in three
sea battles in Philippines area;
58 of 60 Japanese ships were hit.
24 sunk, including two battle
ships, four carriers, 12 cruisers
and six destroyers; U. S. lost
light aircraft carrier Princeton
two escort carriers, two destroy
ers and destroyer-escort.
Oct. 28 Gen. Joseph W. Stll
well revealed as recalled from
Far East at request of Chinese
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek
Nov. 5 Superforts bomb
Singapore from India bases.
Nov. 10 Tokyo claims capture
of Kweilln and Lluchow, In
China.
Nov. 10 Superforts. from Sal-
pan, bomb Tokyo in first attack
on the Japanese capital by land
based planes.
Nov. 29 Superforts make
their first night attack on Tokyo.
Nov. 30 American planes vir
tually annihilate Japanese con
voy attempting to reinforce Ley
te. Dec. 7 B-29s raid Tokvo and
Mukden.
Dec. 7 American troops land
behind the Japanese at Ormoc
bay. in Philippines.
Dec. 10 U. S. troops occupy
Ormoc.
Dec. 12 Tokyo reported evac
uating civilians as U. S. steps up
Superfort raids.
Dee. 26 Gen. MacArthur an
nounces closing of Leyte-Samar
campaign with capture of Palom
pon, and calls it "perhaps the
greatest defeat In thi military
annals of the Japanese army."
1945
Jan. S Carrier plarcs hit For
mosa and Ryukyu islands off Ja
pan: B29s from Saipan blast
aircraft center of Nagoya on
Honshu, Japan's home island
setting large fires at cost of one
Superfortress.
Jan. 4 Americans make 'two
landings, unopposed, on M'ndoro:
planes hit 25 Japanese ships in
two-day attack off Luzon. Carrier-based
attacks continued on
Formosa, with enemy reporting
900 planes participating in two
days: B-29s batter Bangkok.
Thailand.
Chinese from Yunnan province I
capture Wanting on Burn.a Roadj
at border; British take Ye-U, 70
miles from Mandalay.
Jan. 5 Gen. MacArthur an
nounces 35 more ships hit in
plane attack in Subic bay and
Lingayen gulf, including sea
plane carrier; Japanese planes
raid our airfields and shipping
at Mindoro.
Jan. 7 Carrier planes con
tinue Luzon blitz, shooting down
41 Japanese aircraft; allied fliers
bomb Miri airdrome on Borneo
and others on Celebes and in
Moluccas; warships shell Para-
mushiro.
Jan. 8 U. S, troops seize Pa
luan in northwestern Mindoro;
Tokyo radio asserts that Luzon
landing attempt blocked and for
third day says large U. S. in
vasion fleet - maneuvering on
island.
Jan. 10 Gen. MacArthur an
nounces that invasion of Luzon
began at 9:30 p. m., Jan. 9, cov
ered by blistering bombardment
from air and sea; desperate Jap
anese air assaults dsmage but
fail to halt landing fleet,
Jan. 12 Luzon beachhead
widened to 22 miles and maxi
mum depth nine miles.
Jan. 13 Allied heanquarters
announces landing on west coast
of Burma, 32 miles southeast of
captured Akyab
Jan. 14 Gen. MacArthur says
U. S. troops have advanced 20
miles inland on Luzon.
Jan. 20 Series of Japanese
counterattacks around Rosario
repulsed: U. S. troops push to
withm 76 miles of Manila.
Jan. 21 Allies capture city of
Wanting, Burma, allowing newly-completed
Stilwell Road to be
opened for convoys of supplies
to China.
Jan. 22 Americans capture
Tarlac, capital of Aarlac pro
vinces, only 65 miles from Ma
nila. Jan. 23 MacArthur reports
11-mile advance from Tarlac
with capture of Capas, placing
U. S. troops eight miles from
Clark field.
Jan. 24 Marianas-based B-29s
pound Iwo in the Volcanic
Islands.
Jan. 25 MacArthur's men on
Luzon capture Clark field and
Fort Stotsenburg.
Jan. 28 First convoy rolls
over Ledo-Burma road to make
first overland delivery to China
since fall of Lashio; Chiang re
names new strip Stilwell Road.
Jan. 29 Americans capture
San Fernando, 34 airline miles
from Manila.
Jan. 30 Americans iand with
out a shot fired on the Zambales
coast of western Luzon, driving
11 miles inland to within 10
miles from Olongapo naval sta
tion of Sublc bay at base of Ba
taan. Jan. 31 On Asiatic mainland
Japanese claim capture of en
tire Hankow-Canton railroad
with the seizure of Kukong,
sealing off China coast from Free
China.
U. S. troops capture Olongapo
on Luzon and seize Grande
Island at Subic bay to secure
passage to port.
Feb. 1 B-29s from India sink
huge drydock at Singapore,
heavily damage other Japanese
installations.
Feb. 3 American forces ham
mer to within 13 miles of Manila.
Feb. 4 American troops
smash into Manila, rescue more
than 3,000 internees at Santo
Tomas concentration camp on
nortnern edge of city.
Feb. 8 Superforts bomb
Kobe, on Honshu Island 260
miles west of Tokyo, for fifth
consecutive day.
Feb. 10 Japanese cabinet is
reshuffled,
Feb. 13 American troops cap
ture cavlte naval base on Ma
nila bay.
Feb. 17 U. S. battle fleet car
ried bombardment of Iwo Island
into third day.
Gen. MacArthur announced
the landing on Corregidor Island
by American paratroopeis and
ampniDious infantry on Feb. 18
Feb. 18 Marines land on Iwo
Jlma, idO miles from Tokvo
Feb. 19 American troops cap
ture Fort McKlnlcy. In Manila.
Feb. 21 Japanese Cabinet is
resiiufflcd for second time in 11
days.
Feb. 22 U. S. troops invade
lapui island in the San Ber
nardino strait off south Luzon
on Feb. 21.
Feb. 24 Tank-led shock
troops of three marine divisions
swept to heart of Iwo's central
airfield and captured almost
half of island.
Feb. 26 American trr -- in
the Philippines land on tiny Ver
dc Island, between Luzon and
Mindoro, on Feb. 25.
Mar. 1 Manila broadcast said
that troops of the U. S. 41st di
vision landed on Palawan, west
ernmost Island of the Philip
pines. March 2 Gen. MacArthur
stepped on soil of Corregidor
Island for first time in three
years.
Mar. 3 In Philippines. Amer
ican troops invade islands of Ti
cao and Bunas in the Sibuyan
sea off southeastern Luzon.
Mar. 5 In Burma, British
armored forces capture the Meik
tila group of eight airfields after
drive of 85 miles In 11 davs.
Mar. 10 U. S. troops break
into Antipolo, 14 miles cast of
Manila.
Mar. 12 U. S. 41st division
captures Zamboanga, In Philip
pines. ,
Mar. 13 Marines land unop
posed on the Kama and Kan
goku rocks west jf Iwo.
Mar. 14 U. S. troops seize
control of Romblon and Simara
islands in the Sibuyan sea be
tween Mindoro and southeastern
Luzon.
U. S. flag was formally raised
over Iwo at 9:30 a. m., although
some Japanese pockets were still
holding out. ,'
Mar. 16 Adm. Nimitz an
nounced that organ' jed resist
ance on Iwo Island ended at U
p. m., March 16, east longitude
time; U. S. lost 4,189 officers
and men killed in the 26-day ac
tion; 15,308 wounded and 441
missing,
Mar. 17 U. S. troops invade
Basilan Island near Mindanao,
Mar. 20 American carrier
planes catch elusive Japanese
main fleet in its Inland sea lair,
damaging 15 to 17 ships and de
stroying 475 planes in two-day
attack of March 19-20,
Mar. 21 U. S. troops capture
Iloilo, capital of Fanay.
Mar. 23 American escort car
rier, the Bismarck Sea, lost off
Iwo on Feb. 21
Mar. 28 U. S. forces occupy
Cebu, in the Philippines
Mar. 30 Americans land on
Negros, fourth largest Philip
pines island.
April 1 U. S. infantrymen
and marines invade Okinawa
island at a point 320 miles south
of Japan,
April 3 MacArthur's troops
invade Tawitawi island in ex
treme southwestern Philippines.
April 7 Desperate air and
sea attempt to stem American in
vasion of Okinawa cost Japanese
loss of their 40,000-ton battle
ship Yamato, eight other war
ships sunk or damaged and 391
planes lost,
April 10 Marines capture
Japanese Unten Bay naval base
on west coast of Okinawa.
April 12 President Franklin
D. Roosevelt dies suddenly of a
cerebral hemorrhage in the "Lit
tle White House" at Warm
Springs, Ga.
April 14 Marines advance to
within 12 miles of the northern
tip of Okinawa.
April 16 U. S. army troops
land on Ie, small island just west
of Okinawa.
April 19 U. S. 10th army
launches full scale offensive
against the Japanese "Little
Siegfried Line" on southern Oki
nawa.
American troops seize Balabac
Island, south of Palawan island,
and only 45 miles from north tip
of Borneo.
April 20 Gen. MacArthur an
nounces that his troops have won
control of the entire central
Philippines.
April 22 Troops of the 77th
division capture Iegusugu Peak
on Ie, about four miles west of
Okinawa.
April 22 Infantrymen of the
24th division on Mindanao cap
ture the terminus of the main
highway to Davao and drive to
ward the city, 70 airline miles
eastward.
April 23 American forces
capture Kabacan, splitting Jap
anese communications between
northern and southern Minda
nao.
April 26 In Burma, British
troops seize Toungoo, 150 miles
north of Rangoon and 163 miles
below Meiktila.
April 28 American infantry
men capture Philippines summer
capital of Baguio, in northern
Luzon, and complete the east
ward crossing of Mindanao to
Davao gulf.
April 29 Japanese suicide
plane hits a clearly mtrked U. S
navy hospital ship off Okinawa,
killing 29 and injuring 33.
May 2 Gen. MacArthur con
firms invasion of Tarakan Island,
east of Borneo, by Australian
troops on May 1.
May. 3 British capture Ran
goon, capital of Burma, ending
the three-year war to liberate
Burma
May 5 HacArthur's troops
seize Devao, capital of Minda
nao.
May 15 American troops oc
cupy the port of Cagayan and
the entire north coast of Minda
nao. May 17 The 27,000-ton Amer
ican aircraft carrier Franklin
limped into New York lavy yard
after disastrous attack by Jap
anese bombs off southern coast
of Japan on March 19, navy re
ported 341 dead, 431 missing,
300 were wounded.
May 18 British naval and air
units sink a Japanese 10,000-ton
cruiser in night battle in the
upper Malacca Strait, between
Malaya and Sumatra.
May 19 Chinese forces cap
ture Fooehow, important port on
tne east coast of Chir.a
Aiay is ADout 5UU bupcrforts;
raid Tokyo, destroying a large
part of the Imperial Palacn area
May 27 Navy discloses that
U. S. submarines sank 1.119 Jap
anese ships totaling 4,500,000
tons since start of war.
. May 28 U. S. troops now con
trol two-thirds of Naha in fierce
Okinawa battle.
More than 450 Superi'orts at
ttirk the great Japanese port of
oi.onama.
May 31 Large squadron of!
B 29j drop 3,200 tons of firej
bombs on Osaka, Japan'i second
largest city.
June 3 Chinese forces cap
ture junction city of Tsinkong,
53 miles southwest of Liuchow.
June 4 Nearly 500 Superforts
dropped 3,000 tons of bombs on
the Japanese city of Kobe.
June 6 U. S. troops in the
Philippines landed on Cape San
Augustin and Balut island at
each side of the Gulf of Davao.
June 11 Australian trooni
landed at four points In Brunei
buy arej of Borneo. Gen. Mac
Arthur reported entire Asiatic
coast from Singapore to Shang
hai was under allied control.
June 12 Aussles took Brunei,
in northwest Borneo and Ameri
cans captured Yaeju-Daka hill,
highest point on southern Oki
nawa. June 16 British warships
shelled Truk, Japanese naval
base.
June 21 U. S. troops Won
Okinawa and fighting ended ex
cept for minor action, after 81
days of combat.
June 22 Adm. Nimitz an
nounced Okinawa casualties
were 2,537 marines and 4,407
soldiers killed or missing.
June 25 B-29s attack indus
trial targets in Nagoya, Osaka,
Akashl and Glfu areas.
June 26 Adm. Nimitz; report
ed Japanese casualties on Oki
nawa were 110,549, Including
8,696 prisoners.
June 26 B-29s strike homa
island of Honshu and the city of
Yokkaiahl underwent a 15-hour
air attack. Australians completed
reconquest of west Borneo oil
fields.
June 27 Gen. MacArthur an
nounced the conquest of Luzon,
five months and 19 days after
landings on Lingayen gulf.
June 28 Tokyo announced
that special suicide corps and
bases were established through
out Japan to repel invasion.
June 29 American patrols oc
cupied Kume island, 50 mllei
west of Okinawa and 345 miles
from China.
June 30 Chinese troops cap
tured Lluchow, former American
air base in south China.
July 4 Gen. MacArthur an
nounced "the Philippines ara
now liberated and the Philippine
campaigns can be regarded as
virtually closed."
July 13 American warships
shell Japan's homeland for first
time in the war, pounding area
275 miles north of Tokyo.
July 16 Units of the British
Pacific fleet joined the U. S.
Third fleet to strike the Tokyo
area with carrier planes.
July 19 More than 600 B-29s
a record number, make their
57th raid on Japan home islands,
July 25 Tokyo radio said Ja
pan might call off the war if
peace terms were lenient enough.
July 26 Mr. Truman, Church
ill and Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-Shek gave Japan choice of
unconditional surrender or utter
devastation.
July 28 Six hundred B-29i
fired 11 Japanese cities previous
ly warned of attack.
Aug. 1 The largest single air
blow ever struck 820 B-291
rained destruction on four Hon
shu cities.
Aug. 6 President Truman an
nounced attack on Hiroshima by
atomic bomb, obliterating 60 per
cent of city.
Aug. 8 Russia declared war
on Japan.
Aug. 14 Japan surrenders
unconditionally.
A plea to homemakers, restau
rants and institutions of the
nation to serve more potatoes
during the rest of August be
cause of an excess of commercial
market demand, was made today
by the Commodity Credit Cor
poration. According to E. H. Spoor, re
gional director of the corpora
tion, some 5,000 more cars of
potatoes have been shipped out
of the three major early potato
producing areas of the West
than during the same period last
year, and the result is a continu
ing over-supply of the semi-perishable
vegetable which can be
stored but for a short lime. Lack
of refrigerator ships was said to
eliminate export for relief feed
ing. Congress has committed tha
government to support potato
prices when returns to produc
ers fall below 90 per cent of
parity.
An increase in consumption
nationally of only one pound per
week per person will move some
.1.000 to 4.000 cars more ner
week," Spoor said, "and within
the next few weeks would elim
inate the possibility of waste of
any portion of this essential
crop."
GOLD PRICE SKIDS
Chungking. Aug. 15 (U.R)
The price of gold on Chines
money markets has fallen from
over 200,000 Chinese dollars per
ounce to 90.000 dollars in the
four days since Japan's surrender
ws ,ir" offered.
Vn utu Tribun. Wut 4U.