The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1945, Page 2

AGE TWO Daring Commando Raid | On Luzon Rescues 513 Prisoners of War Held By Japs for Long Time (Continued from Page One) The Rangers attacked with such merciless precision that not one of the Jap stoekade guards: was left alive cr able to resist. The Jap guards were attacked with such care that not one of the prisoners was even scratched. Within a matter of minutes, all prisoners in the camp were released and on a 25-mile journey to free- dom, walking or being carried on the backs of husky Rangers or rid- ing in a carabao cart. Nearly 100 were so weak from malnutrition, disease, or three-year-old wounds, they could not walk when they were cut loose from Jap bondage. Tank Fight The rescue cost the lives of 27 Rangers and Pilipinos in the guer- illa unit led by Maj. Robert Lap- ham of Davenport, Towa, sault along the escape route. The raiders killed 523 Japs, more than ome for every prisoner re- leased, and knocked out 12 enemy tanks. Mass Liberation This is the first mass liberation of Allied prisoners of war in the Western Pacific and was accom- plished by an all-night march east Road Show STARTS— Engsgoment |prisoners was expressed by Capt.| who | fought off a savage Jap tank as-! of the American lines to Cabu. The Commando force was made up of ]21 Rangers and 288 Fili- pinos in the guerilla unit. The Commando force left the American lines under protection of air cover and reached the prison camp with- cut detection. Their first = swift fierce attack caught the prison camp guards by surorise Shoot To Kill The Commando force was oOr- dered to shoot on short notice and to shoot b0 Kill. reports disclosed the Wwhereabouts of the prison camp with such suc- cess that Gen. MacArthur decorat- ed every man of the force. The lean rugged captives received the hom- age of thousands of American sol- diers now fighting to redeem the| islands for which the vets fought so valiently and hopelessly. | Youthful GI's formed an im- prcmptu Guard of Honor flanking the military highway down which | the rescue party passed after it returned to the American lines. It was the last of many marches Ifor the rescued men—marches that began with “the brutal March of Bataan.” i Pitiful Conditions ness despite their sores, ulsers and | wasted bodies, clothed in . rags, Scme looked on helplessly. from litters. They were old men, grey haired, dazed and sunken-eyed. IOLhers were proudly erect. Some !were surprisingly young and close to normal weight. Others limped. | Their shirts were tattered, their shorts were patched and repatched. Several of the prisoners were offi- |cers and they still proudly wore |their emblems of rank ahd their |battered campaign hats or over- 'seas caps. One had a sun helmet. | The sentiment of the rescued |James Prippe, of Los Angeles, former Provost Marshal on Cor- |regidor. He said: “The thrill of |seeing those green-clad Rangers storm the prison camp last night |will never quite leave us.” F. ZANUCK'S ' DARRIL | - e — ;('H.ARLE E. SMITH IS | NOW MAJOR IN ARMY | Charles E. Smith, at one iime | Operator-in-charge of the Signal Corps office in Juneau, is now at {Camp Crowder, Missouri, on the |staff of Commanding Gen. Prosser. !Smith is now a major in the Signal {Corps, U. 8. Army. He was well |known and liked while on duty in | Juneau, several years ago. | e T o TIDES TOMORROW tide— 5:07 & tide—11:15 tide—17:09 m. tide—-23:26 p. m, e — SAVE THI PIECES |of your broken lenses and send Hizh |lLow | High ILow m m. 14.9 feet 3.1 feet 138 feet 2.1 feet The intelligence | “Death The liberated men showed happi- | | them to Box 468, Ketchikan, Alaska | They will be replaced promptly in _ |our large and well equipped labora {tory. C. M. and R. L. Carlson. .- )Au Elks! Remember, it is Feb, 7! Ready fo Cut Loose on | One Phase, Loans fo Gls (Continued from Page One) | age recently, says the Anchorage Juneau via Fairbanks. He said he would be in Whittier for perhaps \seveml months. | - THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA M Behrends Ca QUALITY SINCE /7887 T AHLERS IN WHITTIER John Ahlers, former Juneau busi- ness man, passed through Anchor- SMUGGLER, IN JUG GREENOCK, Scotland (AP)— A Chinese seaman was sgntenced to four menths in prison for import- ing into Britain nine pounds of opium, ion, “to stock a geed den.” Times, enroute to Whittier frem for the purchase of property, build- ‘ ings, tools, machinery and a number | of other things that aré rEcessary am old one,.and perhips’ciiange its Wout or “service. There's one more thing. The bus- ness must be personally conducted; or if it's a partnership, the veteran mist have an active part in the management, If all these requirements met, there’s little possibility that the veteran will get stung — or Uncle Sam either, S e ‘Martha Society }o Meet on Friday thern Light Presbyterian will hold their meeting tomorrow, February the Church parlor at 1:30 p. m. Mrs. Harvey ‘Starling and Mrs. Clarence Warfield will be hostesses for the dessert luncheon. Mrs. Don Bur- ras will lead the devotions. i COAST GUARDSMEN GET REGULAR MAIL ‘ TWICE EACH YEAR | By PAUL MARSH, C. Sp. (RR) A Coast Guard, Combat Corresponlent AT A COAST GUARD BASE IN| ALASKA—Servicemen #nd elvilians who complain about an occasional irregular mail delivery should |hearken to the plight ~of Coast | Guardsmen who get ‘ letters only twice a year. Stationed at ice-bound light- {houses and inaccessible units in | Alaska, their only means of com- | munication with the outside world !is by a lone plane which makes lim- | ited nonstop flights. | | Because there is mno - available landing area, mail is dropped from | specially constructed pouches as/ near as possible to the various u-l | tablishments. It's up to the letter- lzezters from then on. These Coast Guardsmen report [ that they open their letters at I planned intervals so they they will| have mail regularly throughout the waiting period until the next plane zeems over. So, if that eagery awaited hulet; of vours arrives a day late, don't fret, You don't have to wait six months! MUNSON HERE | W. B. Munson of Béllevue, Wash., | is registered at the Baranof Hotel.| el el et All Elks! 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The whole Colmar pocket seemed to be dissolving and the threat to Strasbourg from the north has been eased by the capture of Gambsheim. A famous Seventh Army regi- ment has crossed the Moder River in force overnight, and fought into the Oberhoffen hinge of the sali- ent along the Rhine Strasbourg. Oberhoffen, center of the old Maginot Line, is 14 miles north of Strasbourg; and four, southeast: ‘of ' Haguenau. ' The: Third Axmy:‘below 8t. Vith drove'three #and a half miles into the Reich within nine miles of a string of “cluster” fortresses around Prum. The attack widened the Our. River bridgehead to seven .miles with the main works (f the Sieg- north of ; miles | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1945 fried Line barely two miles away.! 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