Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1942 — Page 17

Five of the six navigators of: the I Troop Carrier command back from active duty over Guadalcanal

stop. at Stout field. They are, left to right, 2d Lieuts. Frank W. Nicoletti, New Castle, Pa.; Charles

Thomas, Austin, Tex.; Forrest W. Tippen, Abilene, Tex.; Fred J. Lorenz, Chicago, and James H. Miller, Washington. Not shown is James D’Orazio, New Y ork.

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Been Under Fire 42 Days at a Time.

By VICTOR PETERSON With the light of battle still in their eyes, six navigators of the I Troop Carrier command, Stout field, today told of adventures encountered over Guadalcanal.

They are the first of the command to return to this country from battle stations over the world. They minimized their own deeds, but could not give enough praise to the fighting men in the trenches, some of whom have been under fire for 42-day stretches. fj Averaging 23 years of age, a year and a half in service and six months in combat, all expressed the desire for quick return to battle duty. are second lieutenants. .

Armament Restricted

“I was a little anxious the» first trip over the island,” said Lieut. James H. Miller, of Washington. *We carry no armament except a

uple of tommy guns. We have to|

crifice for greater carrying space. Yet in the five or six trips, never once were we tailed by a Jap.” “We were based in New Caledonia and if was about a two-and-a-half day round trip to Henderson fleld on Guadalcanal. And that field as been bombed. Coming in we ould have to radio to find out its

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condition,” Lieut. Frank W. Nicoletti of New Castle, Pa., said. “On one of our trips we found a Jap bomber on the field, its wing torn off by anti-aircraft fire. The marines had written on ‘the rising sun, ‘Here's ‘one son of the rising sun that will never rise again, Nov. 5, 1942'” All the men have stories to tell.

And the Rest Grinned

Lieut. Forrest W. Tippen, a softspoken southerner from Abilene, Tex., had three fingers of his right hand bandaged. But he wouldn't tell the story other than that it was a plane mishap. “All of us got out alive,” he commented and his friends suppressed knowing grins. : On the way in to their destination, the planes cafried ammunition, guns, navy and marine pilots, food, clothing,~ jeeps,. hard - Christmas candy . . . practically anything the men on the island needed. ! At times the planes were filled with the wounded, 17 to 18 to a ship.

GOVERNMENT PAYROLL UP WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (U.[P.)— Federal government employment reached 2,539,000 during September, an increase of 4 per cent over the August payroll of 2,450,000,

The navigators don’t think: their}.

Job is so bad. ars “We're not the heroes,” is their general statement. “'Course we take our chances,” put in Lieut. Nicoletti. “It’s generally bad weather on the way to Guadalcanal. Then it clears up as you hit the islands. That's when we drop down. We come in over the

‘battle area at 50 to 100 feet above

the water. Safer that way from the Japs, but every once in -a while a wave will catch a prop. A little nasty that way.”

Sleep in Fox Holes

Only once did the men stay on Guadalcanal overnight. All slept in fox holes with the exception of Lieut, Miller, who slept in the plane, But sleep was a scarce article. At that time the front lines were but a quarter-mile from Henderson field. “Money to the men on the island is just so: much’ paper,” one of the navigators explained. Chocolate candy is priceless. None of the men had been/out of the Western Hemisphere before going Into service. Now. in six months they practically have been around the world. They are en route now. To where? Either they don’t know or

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (U. P.).— The American Medical association today attempts to persuade the supreme court that medicine is not a trade and thus is beyond government anti-trust prosecution, The A. M. A. and the District of Columbia Medical society are asking the court to reverse a District of Columbia appeals court decision that they violated the Sherman act when they boycotted ther group health association in 1937 and 1938. The court of appeals said medicine was regarded by English common law as a trade, and that the medical association “imposed an unreasonable restraint on rade” by

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