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Vol. 3 No. 44. Delhi, Thursday, July 5, 1945. Reg. No. L5015
Roundup Staff Article Where once the United States was taking only one prisoner to every 99 counted Jap dead, on Okinawa the percentage increased to 11 percent and on Luzon to 14 percent, Under-Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson said this week in commenting on psychological warfare. Patterson declared that the increasing number of Japs who are surrendering "marks progress in wisdom among the general run of Jap soldiers." Many Japs who have surrendered have come through the U.S. lines waving red, white, and blue "surrender passes" dropped by U.S. planes, Patterson said. He declared that the Jap government was very sensitive about this type of warfare, "but there is little they can do about it." He said the U.S. psychological warfare campaign is based on two solid foundations: (1) truth, and (2) the hard advance of American forces. As America's heavy punches were beginning to tell on the former "fight-to-the-death" attitude of the Japs, it was disclosed this week by Rear Adm. Forrest Sherman that the Jap Navy had very little left with which to punch back. Sherman declared that the Imperial Fleet merely poses a mopping-up problem to the powerful U.S. Navy. He declared that the Jap fleet consists only of these remaining units: Two partly converted battleships; a half-battleship-half-carrier; the Nagato nearly equal to the U.S. battleship West Virginoia now inactive; and two other old battleships now unfit for service. According to Sherman, the Japs have a small number of carriers, including two or three fairly large ones not ready for service, a few cruisers, and about 30 destroyers. Sherman said the Navy would be glad to see the remaining Jap fleet come out and do battle. "Whenever they expose themselves, they can be destroyed," he said. Senate Confirms Hill Promotion The India-Burma Theater's shiniest new brigadier general, Francis Hill, 35, of Brockton, Mass., arrived in the Far East in March, 1942, as a member of Uncle Joe Stilwell's pioneer group. With the exception of two brief missions to the United States, the general
When Hill, then a major, arrived in Burma, a quick readjustment of his assignment was necessary. Selected as one of a group of six American officers to instruct the Chinese in artillery, he was dropped right into the middle of a war. The Japs had taken Rangoon and the Chinese were moving southward to help the British hold the temporary Prome-Toungoon line. Hill's duties were numerous and subject to change without warning during that hectic period, it finally evolved upon him to fill the role of the U.S. mission's assistant Signal Officer, killed in an airplane crash. The new general, a 1933 West Point graduate, remained in China only long enough to brush his teeth. Flown to Delhi, he was soon assigned to Ramgarh Training Center as an artillery instructor for the Chinese who managed to escape from Burma and recruits flown across The Hump. For seven months, he helped forge the force that was to wrest back North Burma from the Japs, then returned to Delhi, now a lieutenant colonel. 14TH AIR FORCE NABS LONE ENEMY RAIDER HQ. 14TH AIR FORCE, CHINA - For the first time in 33 days, the 14th Air Force destroyed an enemy aircraft in the air - a lone Jap Tojo caught by P-51's over Peiping Airdrome. Maj. Gen. C. L. Chennault's pilots concentrated chiefly on ground targets, taking a terrific toll on Nip locomotives in North China, bridges north and south of the Yellow River and river shipping in the Liuchow-Pinglo area. |
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Pinch Hitting for Sgt. Charles Clark Eyes bugged open at The Hangar, ARC club at Agra, when, with a show of nonchalance, Sgt. Sid Radner slipped out of a pair of double-locked handcuffs. But the piece de resistance was yet to come. He laced on a straight-jacket, then in full view of the audience tore it to shreds. "It's quite simple," drawled the sergeant, "All you have to do is dislocate your shoulder blades." Name any good alternative, sarge, and we'll take it.
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CROSSED LINES However, a very questionable statement is made to the effect that the completed job is "unparalleled in communications history in peace or war." It occurs to me that your reporter must indeed have a tremendous background of communications knowledge in order to arrive at this conclusion. Did the writer consider the superb facilities of the Bell System? Does he know that the Bell company set up an around-the-world circuit some 15 years ago? Does he know that there are telegraph cables under the Atlantic Ocean? If your writer still believes his statement is true, I would like to point out that there is a 2,200-mile line from Edmonton, Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska. No, I can't believe the claim was well considered. If it was meant literally, I can only suggest that your boy be more careful about walking out in the sunlight without his hat. - Pfc. N. J. Fritz, APO 629. There were 100 men in on his malaria experiment, and when it was over, we were the worst bunch of wrecks you'll ever see. More than 80 percent were in the hospital, and a large percent will have recurrent malaria. All we got out of it was the malaria, and brother, if you think that having malaria 10, 12, 16, 18 times is a picnic, ask the men who's had it. Col. Rice deserves credit, sure; but, hell, his guinea-pigs should get a little too, don't you think? You printed his merits. How about ours. On the experiment were 100 mean each from two organizations - and 60,000,000 damned mosquitoes - Cpl. Don Johnson, T/5 Angelo Di Cicco, T/5 Ralph Falzarano, T/5 William H. Stipp. Later on that night one of our men was told by ATC men stationed in Delhi that the hotel, the only place we could find where there was any dancing, was out of bounds only to U.S. enlisted men. May I ask why British enlisted men are allowed to go there are we are not? Who is responsible for the order which seems to discriminate against Americans? - NAME WITHHELD If discrimination exists it is by the American Army against the American Army. A Subject Letter distributed March 1, 1944, signed by the Theater Commander, ruled the Imperial Hotel out of bounds to enlisted men. BORS are not excluded from the hotel because of a recent directive from the War Ministry that no public place in bounds for officers may be placed out of bounds for enlisted men. |
Civilian stenographer Joyce Radley, who was stationed with the U.S. Army at Ramgarh Training Center, acts as hostess at the premiere of the picture Mark Twain, and collects comment from G.I. fans. |
Here Sgt. Bill Voris of Special Service tacks up a promotion poster for the Mark Twain movie. |
A general view of the seating arrangement and stage of the Theater at Tagap on the Stilwell Road. |
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