Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1945 — Page 4

Hidden Japs. Still Firing.

~ Af Yanks

8 *. By LEE G. MILLER, Scripps- Howard Staff Writer

- HOUSE PROBES Around Manila PAPER WASTE

MANILA-—~(By Alr Mail)—Little groups of Japs lurking in des peration have made life interesting in recent days for-some of the lads s Federal Officials May Have leg and fractured spine, ‘expects

of the 117th engineer battalion, 37th division, Cpl. Paul E. Merriman of Washington, D. C., was in kind of a

To Explain.

hurry the night I talked to him—he wanted to join his friend, Pvt. Boyji | . Lundell of Staten Island, N. Y., because he thought Boyji “might be! By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN

getting lonesome” at his post guara-|—

ing a well and a 3000-gallon can-

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hole the size of a small table, and

- yas water tank south .of- the Pasig then the infantry cleans out any There is a freatise published by the

river within a few blocks of the Walled City, which our troops had entered only that morning. Lundell's pos-

sible lonesome- |

ness is understandable when you hear Cor- . poral MerriMr. Miller man's story. A few days earlier some Filipinos had come rushing up to Merriman and Lundell, shouting that Japs were firing a machine gun from a nest nearby. “We picked up five other soldiers and went for them,” said Merri- " man. “The Japs took off, and got across a little stream. A dozen infantrvmen were beyond the stream, and set up an ambush, but we didn't know it until all hell broke loose. We Started Shooting “We hit the muck, and deployed by crawling, #nhd started shooting. “When things quieted down we found that 11 of the 13 Japs were dead—four of themxcommitted suicide with rifle grenades held to their chests, Two of them got away. “We were all firing, so you couldn't tell how. many Japs the infantry got and how many we did “Anyway, it’s still not safe around that well, and I think I'll run over and keep Lundell company.” Manila Postoffice Battle

Sgt. Ben McGuckin, Washington, D. C., used to work at St. Elizabeth’s hospital in Washington. Ben and Pfc. Louis Bierau of Baltimore had just been relieved, when I saw them, after four uneasy days and three nights with the 145th infantry across the Pasig.

Ben told how his squad had been! sent into the Manila postoffice,!

where, although our flag had been hoisted over the building, Japs were still swarming in the basement, “We went from room to room on the first floor,” he said, “and laid satchel charges — 10 or 15 or 20 pounds of TNT in a canvas bag or a discarded knapsack or whatever we could find, even sandbags.

‘company's ‘arga about two miles

Japs left below, with grenades and U.S. department of agriculture and rifle fire. Our .squad blew holes in| titled, “Orchids, How to Grow.” six or eight rooms. A special subcommittee of the “One of my- men on this job saw: house interstate commerce commita Jap who apparently was about fee isn't interested in orchids, per Ito toss a grenade, and shot him. $6. except at $5 a throw on wedThis was Cpl. Farley Owens, ding anniversaries What it's Grundy, va." terested in is paper, how to save. Pfc. William: L. Trent Jr. 21.- of If Secretarv Claude R. Wickard ae ER thin o> he'll Ely, Nev. told about. an incident !S aS Smart as I think he is, hell that -had occurred in his engineer read up on orchids, their care, cul-

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tare, and value in the prosecution ?

3 1 of t » ir north of downtown Manila—which ©f the war

was theoretically clear of Japs We heard some rifle firing,” he As for Chester Bowles, headman practically got a

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said, “and several of us went in -of the OPA, he that direction. Some guerrillas told date with the paper-savers for some us “there were Japs in the upper high-class explaining. story of a house. Pfc, Luther Mor- “Just look at this,” suggested Rep gan, of Sacramento, Cal, and I|Clarence J. Brown (O.). He showed opened up with "our rifles but| me a book published by the OPA-—-couldn't see anything, Then we illustrated lavishly and telling in saw something move in a bomb | words of one svllable that red shelter, and fired again but didn't|points are good for meat, if ‘any get anywhere. Finally, I asked why | while blue are for canned vezedidn't somebody go up with a tables. grenade “That's a fine thing to be writFighting Bridge Builders ing ‘a book about,” Brown snorted bluff ‘I'am sure the housewivessof this country will be delighted (he snorted) to sit down and read it.”

“Some guerrilla called my and handed me a grenade. So I crept up from the left while the, others covered me. I had pulled the Don't Know Nuttin’ and Nuttin’ pin in the gfenade. As I looked The committee was formed origiin the door of the shelter a Jap nally to inquire into the shortage looked out of newsprint. “I-saw him cock his-pistol,.so 1 It_discovered that postage stamps threw .the grenade and ran It | facial tissues, packing boxes, note went off but it didn't kill him. I!paper and -legal-sized envelopes ‘heard him tap a Jap grenade on come from the same chopped-up his helmet—that's the way they trees and also must be considered start the fuse—and I figured it was "he hearings have been going on my time to start duckin’. But he for ddys in a committeeroom piled blew himself up with his grenade. high with documents of all kinds Blew his pistol all to hell, too, but When. I dropped in, they were I got ¢ a A Jap flag of him". » ques tioning a. succession of army

Youth a Seasoned Vet a 19: Serves Overseas 3 Yrs. 9 Mos.

By LEE LINDER ly four rears of war and hell.”

years, nine months and 14 days7smells snd the terrific, overseas—that’s the “in action” rec- noise cf chell-fire.”

ord of a Cleveland boy who. joined; He 1ecalls stopping in an Indiana the army when he was 15. town, en Joute home with 16 other

Pvt. Hareld Lee Gerson, now 19, buddies back from Parific fighting was home today for the first time| It's Hard to Forget since June 4, 1941. And the only

“One of these charges blows a pounds lighter and has tattooed engine came racing down the street

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Sam {o be a diesel mechanic and peen softer. Some of the fel to see the world. But he admits he dove under table two

WASHINGTON, March 20—|

United Press Staff Correspondent It's going to be hard to forget the CLEVELAND, March 20.—Three death and destruction “the lousy shattering “Then

: i } iV! “We went into a storz to buy some change is that he's a little taller, 55 new clothes,” he said, “when a fire

I would have dug a pretty nice fox He donned the khaki- of Uncle hole in {=e floor-if the eement had

| Sailor Rescued. at SeatoVisit Here SEAMAN «1-C_, ROBERT JESSE

LAMBERT, who~ drifted in the Pacific three hours with a broken

| “to be home this week to visit his wife and children at 111 N. Miley ave, | Seantan Lambert, who is in the Farragut naval hospital in Idaho, was standing watch on a landing craft off Leyte whem a flare burst near his ship, silhouetting the craft, “Before a person could count to 20, .we received a hit,” he said. “The blast blew me over the side.” Because of his broken leg and back, the Indianapolis sailor could not swim. He ‘floated three hours in ‘his life preserver and then was plc ked up. 1 by. rescuers.

officers about the military's use of |

paper. The uniformed gents didn't seem to know nuttin’ and nuttin’, except what went on in their own little cubicles. ‘Don’t Bring a New Book’ This caused Rep. Charles A. Wolerton of New Jersey finally to explode: “The longer I sit on this committ#e the more confused I beconte. t there any over-all agency that es on the various departments ire demanding paper?” m't know,” answered a Maj He said he'd try to Nuitierous things. he said, n an to other questions, he vould discover and report later. “We certainly wouldn't want you to bring a new book for.us,” interjected Rep. Brown ‘Why Are You Selling It? replied Maj. Harris, ing fellow in heavy eye glasse He testified then that waterproof paper for army wrapping purposes 1S scarce “Then why are we selling it for surplus now?” demanded Rep Brown 7 “Are we?" asked tile major. sud “You are,” said Rep. Brown. "-C. E. Canfield, a civilian expert of the quartermaster general, inter- { rupted to say that the army prob{ably would take the surplus paper back. “And do vou in your office use large quantities of index cards?” asked Rep. Brown. “Oh, yes, sir,” said Canfield. maybe you'd better look over this list of surplus,” said Rep Brown. . “You might pick up a bargain.” “Yes, sir,” said Canfield. Here I'll end this-dispatch; you don't ct atch me wasting paper.

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| Gerson manned a machine gun. as y Japs strafed Wheeler field: and ' thought that maybe a 15-year-old boy would ve better off in schcol i} But an army clerical error fixed hi 4 age at 28 and he was in, “But reall in.”

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