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Vandegrift
Tells Vivid
Tale of War
SAN FRANCISCO — Team
work—nationally and internation
ally—among Allied forces is win
ning the South Pacific war
against the Japanese, who are
“still not a pushover by any
means.” Lieutenant General Alex
ander A. Vandegrift, U. S. M.
C„ emphasized here this week to
the American home front.
General Vandegrift. who com
manded landings of marines on
Bougainville Island, brought back
to the United States the first
factual, eye-witness message of
the battle for Japan's biggest is
land of the Solomons group.
“It is teamwork that is win
ning in the South Pacific . . .
teamwork among the Army,
Navy and Marines and teamwork
among air, surface and ground
force*.
“On the first of November, our
marines landed on Empress Aug
usta Buy, Bougainville, support
ed by navy surface vessels and
air units. The landing against
light Opposition from the shore
warn japidly overcome. Our units
pushed into the jungles and es
tablish themselves a beach
haed. .
‘‘As the days went by, the
ground we held was widened and
deepened. It was then that the
Army moved in behind our forces
together with naval troops.
The “Bougainville landing was
harder than the original fight
on Guadalcanal although not as
hard as those of Tulagi and Ga
vutu. Our casualties were very
light on Bougainville and ex
tremely light on Choiseul in com
parison to the large amount of
damage inflicted there.
The Bougainville show was ;
stage! by the 1st Marine Air.ph.i- !
bious Corps From the latest re- !
p.:nts I have had since I left the j
scene army and navy' troops have ;
landed on Bougainville and are!
now busily engaged in getting I
themselves firmly established I
there." he said
Lieutenant General Vandegrift i
paid high tribute to New Zeal-1
ar.ders U. S. Army troops and !
Marine Corps paratroopers, who |
Landed on Treasury and Choiseul i
Islands, southeast of Bougain-'
ville, before the invasion of that1
island began.
"The New Zealanders, support
ed by our air and surface forces
made a splendid landing on
Treasury Isle.
"A day later a battalion of our
marine parachute troops, com
manded by Lieutenant Colonel
Victor Krulak. landed on Chois
eul Island. This operation was a
feint; a diversion to attract the
enemy’s attention toward Choi
seul while the main thrust struck
at Bougainville. The paratroopers
put on a very daring raid and
accomplished much good before
being withdrawn shortly.
As a matter of fact the Jap
controlled radio reported a force
of 20,000 Americans there.
"Colonel Krulak known as
‘Brute’ out there because of his
being only a little over five-feet
in height, did an outstanding jab
and was awarded the Navy Cross
by Admiral Halsey the day after
the raid was over."
Asked by newsmen if the
‘‘fighting spirit” of the marines
was “higher" when the invasion
of Bougainville began than it
was at the time of the Battle of
Guadalcanal, he replied:
“I thought we had very good
spirit on Guadalcanal. I know
it’s at least that good now.”
Qualifying a statement as to
continued strong Jap resistance
on every South Pacific front, the
General said:
“You still have a good war to
fight out there and it is not a
pushover by any means. How
ever, experienced gained by our
men on Guadalcanal is proving
of great value presently.
“Or. Guadalcanal we were in
experienced at meeting the Japs.
Today we are not.”
General Vandegrift was expect
ed to leave for Washington, D. C..
immediately with his aides and
Mrs Vandegrift, who came west
to meet her husband.
The veteran marine officer a
native of Charlottesville, Va.,
56 years of age, has been in the
corps since January 22, 1909,
when he was commissioned a
second lieutenant.
His service record is varied. He
has served aboard ships, in Haiti.
Mexico. China and at stations in
the United States.
He was awarded the Congres
sional Medal of Honor last Feb
ruary for his conquest of Guad
alcanal, and his other medals in
clude the Navy Cross; the Unit
Citation Ribbon bar with star;
the Nicaraguan Campaign medal;
the Mexican Service medal; two
Haitian Campaign medals; the
Haitian Distinguished Service
medal; the Yangtze Service
medal, and the American De
fense medai.
General Vandegrift turned over
command of the First Amphi
bious Corps, U. S. Marines, and
supporting Afrmy and Navy units
on Bougainville, to Major Gen
eral Roy S Geiger U. S. M.
C., on November 9. General Gei
ger commanded all American
air units in the Guadalcanal
campaign on General Vande
grift’s staff.
Accompanying General Vande
grift from the South Pacific was
Colonel Gerald C. Thomas, his
chief of staff, who, served in tha1
capacity in the Guadalcanal
siege.
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Communications
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December 13, 1943.
Mr. Wilfred Boucher,
The Nome .Nugget,
Nome. Alaska.
Dear Mr. Boucher:
In recent months there has
been much written and said about
Nome. Being a comparative new
comer I should like to relate my
impressions.
Nome is a city with a past, a
present, and with the further ex
pansion of the airways and post
war industry, a definite future.
As in the past when #Nome was
born with the advent of the Gold
Rush and grew to a bustling city
of some 30,000 inhabitants, so i
again it may grow’ to be an im- •
portant world terminal for the!
rapidly expanding airways of the
world.
Arriving two months ago, I
was told that there were Certain
conveniences that necessarily can
not be enjoyed here, but that it
would be the people themselves
who would sell the country to a
newcomer. I have found this to
be true. The people of Nome are
probably the most sincere hon
est and unpretentious persons to
be found anywhere in the world.
True, there are certain conven
iences which a new’ comer misses.
; In compensation, though, there is
the feeling of congeniality and
goodwill which only Nome has
as its own.
Yes, Nome is singular in its at
tributes. Those who originally
settled here must surely have
taken some of the first gold and
imbedded it in their hearts and
have since passed it on. When it
comes time for me to leave, I
hope that I will have been able
to acquire some for myself and
be able to take and have it al
ways.
Very truly yours,
HARRY A. ABEL. Jr.
I (Che (Christmas iLiuhts of Name 3
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BY ALBERT B. WOOD j
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Sweeping the Arctic sky. W
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A Christmas message of peace and cheer, jE
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In a brilliance as white as snow. B
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As a cloud in the evening sun;
The next, in a glory of blinding light, M
Their patterns of fire were spun. sS
And watching those flaming colors change, ®
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I longed for a way to send to you, M
Who wait for us at home—
Something of what the colors said, jm
The strength and courage and hope I read a?
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HAILE SELASSIE’S HOME
TO BE CHILD REFUGE
BATH. England —(AP)—The
home which sheltered Emperor
Haile Selassie during his exile
from Ethiopia will become a ref
uge for babies who were bombed
out by Nazi aerial attacks.
Selassie moved into the $12,000
residence in 1936 and lived in it \
most of the time until 1940, when
he returned to his native land
in the wake of British armies and
completed the restoration of his
empire.
The place will be converted to
philanthropical purposes as soon
as the last members of the royal
family leave England. The Em
peror's daughter, the widowed
Princess Tenage Work, plans to |
go home shortly, as will Haile Se- ,
lassie’s third son, Sahle. who j
has been studying at Bristol Uni- |
versity.
PETTY OFFICER WIENS
RIGHT TO EAR MONOCIiR
LONDON — (AiP)— Because a
Royal Navy non-coimnu30iona4
officer insisted on wearing his
monocle aboard ship the Admir
alty had to write a nefcr s<**fioh
to the navy’s general fleet brctefs.
The sailor who boldly declared
that he had worn a naonocle for
four years before the war and
did not intend to relinquish it
is Chief Petty Officer Phillip
Morter.
His commanding officer £ouh<l
nothing in the books covering the
situation and finally sought an
official ruling. The admiralty
held that a rating may choose
between spectacles and a mono
ele sp long as it does not inter
fere with his efficient discharge
of duties.
Season’s
I Greetings! j
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