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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1942)
J. it Ik III it .l BV -ft- ht- 4)i h i bi ts tc. 1 1 to, Ihl it tol fin Ihe loo lie Ihii I ft li; Inc 1 ral : 41m ; if t ;ct i rag ; 1 '.5S ,". ,5. Life on Guadalcana gfiarman Mnntroao, Acmt Nfwiplctur cameraman, wtio lanrlrd with the Marines od Guadalcanal last Auauat, and whose pictures were distributed to newspapers of the country throunh the "photographlo pool," haa Juat returned to 8nn J'rnncisco from hie assignment. Although Montrose and hla equipment are undergoing repairs, he haa written all gripping, eyewitness toree of life nn Ouadaleanal. of which this la the fourth. By SHERMAN MONTROSE Written for NEA Service) SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 16 You don't keep a diary when you're in a combat zone. So inni cent an entry as "Maytag Char lie came over this morning" might reveal to Tojo, should that diary fall Into enemy hands, that the sputtering of a plane motor was giving away approach of a carrier. But here are a few notes from memory of a correspondent-photographer. PLACE: Guadalcanal, Solo mon Islands. DATE: A day in October, 1942. Rifle-Range Roscoe (a Jap .70 millimeter some miles away) f i Of ' Montrose Dowllng scrambling for tlie slit trench. Another whoooo-o-carrumplt booml on the other side of the tent. A marine sticks bis head in the tent, and yells "Air raid!" As if we didn't know. I crack my shin on an empty bomb crate we've been using for a type writer stand. After the all clear, we curse our way back to bed and when the next bomb falls, I'm damned if I get up. Don't get hit either. Our anti-aircraft starts chat tering, but Maytag Charlie and his pals are out of range. One of their bombs hit our ammunition dump, and for the next half hour, .50 calibre machine gun bullets whine around our tent. PASS-WORD TROUBLE Had a bad moment last night. Our camp is a mile and a half from the marines' headquarters where I go to develop film at night. I'd just fumbled through the developing and started to walk tlie road back to camp. The road is dusty and all cut up with tractor and jeep traffic. At night, there isn't a sound, but you're sure the Nips are out there, how close you can't know. Marines are on guard, and when thej de- III Vi . 4fr6'Scu S -ft A, iiwo-uw wis -ia if. 9 "I crack my shin on an empty bomb crate.' sent In his morning barrage. The first time I heard Roscoe I dived out of my cot In the Press club (correspondents' tent) and hit the flit trench (our seven-by-four dugout.) v But I soon discovered that Ros coe usually fell short of the run way, and only sent up harmless showers of dirt. But he makes a terrific noise. Marines who used to throw themselves flat on the ground when Roscoe came over, now just looked up curiously and they can see the projectile arc through the air. Darned if I . can. Only press guys here now are Francis McCarthy of United Press, Jack Dowllng of the Chi cago Sun, and yours truly. We exchange morning insults with Dowling as usual coming out on top. The correspondents make morning toilets by putting on Marine shoes, and washing their teeth in chlorinated water. Jim Hurlburt (Marine correspondent) drives up in his jeep to take us down to the waterfront to greet incoming reinforcements. TROOPS LOOK FIT This time the rumor is right. Right off shore stand landing barges. We can see from the beach the troops look tough and fit. Our boys on shore (the Mar ines) laugh fit to kill as the troops hit the water face down. thud splash just as we'd done the morning of August 7 when we never knew when the Jappo would start sniping. These new boys have a most impressive fighting i-iiform green, about the color of the marine work suit; Out to the ship this morning lor pictures and the rope lad der swung against the side of the ship, cracking the ground glass in my four by five graphic. Kange finder knocked .haywire, too. Don't need range finder to locate free lunch aboard ship. McCarthy and Dowling beat me to it. Food tastes pretty swell after corned beef stew, the only fresh meat in the past two weeks was a hunk of crocodile steak not bad, though. No beer aboard ship. "Condition yellow" sounds about noon while we are aboard. Anchor's up and by the time we get "Condition red" (Tojo over head) we are making fancy pat terns on the water. We dodge the bombs but fires are starting on the island. They don't get far. Underbrush has been cleared around Henderson field, and the palm trunks aren't 'nflammable. A few fronds that fall from the palm tops, some 30 to 50 feet above ground, soon burn them selves out. Marines feeling they are old timers tell the newcomers they can expect raids 24 hours a day. I can't let that pass, and boy, do those kids look relieved when I tell them that a couple of raids a day will be all they can look for. There wuuid be "Louie the Louse," who buzzes over on a nuisance raid now and then we recognize him by the miss in his motor and of course, Maytag Charlie, who drops 100-pound-en. Japs fight mostly at night. I Just get to sleep on my cot under mosquito netting, when whoooo-o-oo-carrrrrumph booml I hit the deck, and hear McCarthy and mand the pass word, you give it fast to beat them to the draw. Passwords change every night and they usually have a dou ble ell in them, because the Jap tongue can't pronounce it. I'd passed two sentries, and thought that was all. My mind was home in Mill Valley, California, when I heard the challenge. I tried to think fast I instinc tively put out a hand and said: "Wait a minute, chum, I'll get it" and started singing: "I won der what's became of Sally. . . ." Alley Sail that was the pass word. The sentry burst out laughing, and escorted me to my tent. KALAMAZOO CHOO CHOO KALAMAZOO, Mich, (ff) When the Kalamazoo Stove com pany's boiler blew out officials borrowed a Michigan Central locomotive, parked it on a sid ing and pumped steam from its boilers into the heating system of the plant until the building was warm enough for employes to resume their war work. It requires about 32 gallons of sap to make one gallon of standard maple syrup. Youngest Marine ia.aaaaL,.)f,,,m,i.C:!j George B. Holle, above, 13-year-old Eau Claire, Wis., boy, is a civilian once again. Before tlie Pearl Har bor attack, George, then 12, falsified his age, signed his guardian's name to the enlistment form and joined the Marine Corps. Now, still under age for military duty, he has been honorably discharged at San Fran cisco "for the convenience of the Government" He says he'll be right back In the Marines when his 17th birthday rolls around. HOLD EVERYTHING! cc- tw ft set tmxt- t. t eea. a. a. "They joined the share-the-ride movement!" 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