Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1942 — Page 26

| 05C FOR KELLY)

, Hero of Philippines Air Fight “Honored by Buddies on West Coast.

MARCH FIELD, Cal, Nov. 13 (U. P).— Mrs. Colin P. Kelly Jr., widow of one of America’s first heroes of the war, yesterday received from Maj. Gen. B. M. Giles the distinguished service cross which was. awarded posthumously to her husband. The award was presented following a parade of Capt. Kelly’s squadron and others at the field. Prior to being sent to the Philippines, where he lost his life, Kelly had been stationed here. In presenting the cross to Mrs. Kelly Gen. Giles, commanding general of the 4th air force, said that Capt. Kelly’s deeds “will always be remembered by his buddies in the army air forces and by the Ameriean people.” The award citation said that the eross was given for extraordinary heroism of the flyer in scoring three direct hits on a Japanese battleship Dec. 9, 1941, and then en route home, when his plane was set .afire by enemy aircraft, he ordered. six others to bail out and lost his life when the plane crashed. : Mrs. Kelly on behalf of her late husband previously had received the distinguished flying cross.

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Briton Reveals th the Size of Amphibious Operation * To North Africa.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (U. P)~ Capt. Oliver Lyttelton, British min-

night that more than 500 vessels, convoyed by more than 350° war ships, took American and British forces and equipment to North

with ‘the mighty forces involved,” he told the National Association of Advertisers. “It is not chance that the great American expedition lands in French North Africa at a time when the shreds of Rommel's army are being relentlessly pursued across the Libyan desert, and are attempting to escape complete annihilation. “Furthermore, the royal navy has, I am proud to say, played its part in convoying, and the royal air force in protecting, this great American enterprise. “It is interesting to think that this is by: far the largest amphibious operation in history.” Discussing the British rout of the Germans in Egypt, he said: “Complete and absolute victory is rarein war, but I think it may be claimed that this battle has thus ended. Considering all theaters as a whole, the British depend on American aid for “rather more than onetenth” of their equipment, he said. But the figure, 10 per cent, was hardly a fair picture, because the per centage of some weapons is

higher than 10 per cent, he said.

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jungles of Guadalcanal and the foxholes of Bataan have ' been

transplanted to the marshy low‘Ilands near Quantico where officers

of the U. S. marines get their first taste of the combat awaiting them overseas. Here in, the Chopawansic swamp —the same terrain through which union and confederate generals led their men at Bull Run in 1861 and 1862—1lies the marines’ “blitz” course, as tough and treacherous a quarter mile as leathernecks are likely to encounter anywhere in the world. Through this mire, to an accompaniment of exploding mines and

their heads, marine squad leaders guide their officer trainees in a close simulation of battle condi-

Sons, The “blitz” ground is no ordinary obstacle course. It is the marine counterpart of the rigorous training through which Britain puts its Commandos. It is the marine answer to the schooling which the Japs boast gives them the toughest fighting men in the world. It has no “par,” in terms of time required to traverse the distance. The only idea is to get through as speedily as possible, with full equipment intact, and without serious physical injury. The neophyte officer gets his introduction to the blitz course after 10 weeks in the candidattes’ school and another five in the reserve officers’ school. © Quantico is turning out a new officers’ class every two weeks, and the last 10 classes have gone through the blitz.

machine-gun bullets whistling over|

" Torrey, Quantic commandant,

.|newspapermen were permitted to

witness this most spectacular phase of officer training. The is cold and a driving rain adds discomfort to the marine initiates. - In groups of avout 50 they assemble at the entrance to the course, where an officer explains that the objective is a knoll 500 yards away. No man is to cross the boundaries marked by white tape, where obstacles occur, each man must determine how they can be surmounted. Each man is to obey the commands of his squad leader, identified by a white band pinned across the front of his blouse.

Knoll Is Objective

The leaders deploy their men and advance into the bog, where the muck in places is waist-deep. They crawl, wade, hurdle fallen trees. Before them lies the 20-foot-wide creek. It looks shallow, but the first marine entering the chill water drops unexpectedly into a nine-foot depth. They swim, bayoneted rifles held out of water. Some locate a log stretched across the stream, cross hand-over-hand. Those who can’t swim are pulled across by their companions. A struggling marine drops his rifle in the deep water. He dives, gropes, comes up without it. His squad leader orders him on. . “He’s useluess now until he can pick up a rifle from a dead man,” an officer explains. From sheltering trees comes a burst of machine-gun fire—with live ammunitions. The advancing marines throw themselves into the mire on their bellies as the bullets blaze over their heads. Crimson-

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Tom wales and Bataan For Imitated at Marines’ Training Base in us

the tr 5 half mile away. B ‘choking smoke pours from _smudge-pots. Camouflaged

through a one-inch tank slit at 200 yards, open fire from their positions in nearby trees. Aerial bombs —blanks this time—create thunder pverhead. Land explosives throw up showers of mud and water in front of the invaders. From address-system speakers; concealed among the trees, come simulated battle sounds—the shriek of artillery fire, bursting shells and the drone of aircraft. The records in the controlling sound truck were reproduced from actual engager ments. Now the marines have reached the barbed-wire entanglements. Mud-caked uniforms are shredded as they meet the jagged metal. “Under on your back!” calls an officer to a man struggling with his 20-pound tripod gun. Then another water crossing, this time a huge hole—dynamited out of the bog, deep and muddy, like a shell crater. Panting, begrimed marines besring mud-spattered rifles struggle up the final grade, where a.navy field hospital unit waits. It has only scratches to treat, but every man has a few of these. Col. E. O. Ames, in charge of reserve officers’ courses, explains that the newly installed blitz training is for instruction in actual battle conditions and not for physical foughening. The marines get plenty of the latter in such activities as bayonet drill and judo, the Jap version of wrestling. Today this marine base is devoted almost exclusively to officer training, with only enough enlisted

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Other Dairy Products May Join List Soon, Chicago Traders Say.

CHICAGO. Nov. 13 (U. P)e==

Members of the mercantile exchange today predicted national ratio of butter the near future subsequent Patio of other dairy products. Prevalent trade opinion set J R 1 as the likely date for the instigae tion of a conservation program om butter, or possible rationing ‘of both butter and cream with high butter fat content, with the added. po sibility that the butter content of

fluid milk and ice cream would. be

{reduced.

Traders said cheese and perhaps

eggs might be apportioned to buyers as shortages increase.

The shortages were attributed to

these factors: 1. Greater consumer

forthealth program. 2. shipments to fill lend-lease pledges. 3. The trend on the part of farms ers to take advantage of the ine creased profit from fattened. lives.

power and the publicized nutrition=

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4, Lack of farm labor.

infantry officer can be turned out in 20 weeks—10 in the candidate school -and 10 in reserve officep: classes, . after they have received their provisional commissions y second lieutenants.

If a candidate is adapted: to one

of the specialized branches such. as ordnance or motor transpom, he gets an extra 10 Aveeks’ schooling;