TIME OUT IN BURMA — Enjoying a short rest from
duty with British and Indian forces on the Burma front, John E,
1 Patrick (right) of New York, captain in the American Field Ser
• vice, trades hats with an Indian movie comedian.
, MITI AIRDROME
HIT BY BOMBS
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC.
Aug. 18.—(AP)—Today, a size
able force of allied heavy and
medium bombers, hit Miti air
drome on Halmahera Island, the
most concentrated aerial assault
yet delivered to any single point
in this area, headquarters an
nounced .
A- Twenty-three parked planes
were destroyed or damaged.
Allied planes were continuing
their attacks which are rapidly
reducing the enemy's potential
Molucca Islands.
Large fires were started in the
personnel and supply areas adja
cent to the Miti airdrome, one of
the key Japanese airfields on
Halmahera, the southern guard
ian to the Philippines.
% Liberator's and Mitchells roar
ed over the island in mid-morn
ing, and reported no planes rose
to intercept, but some anti-air
craft fire was encountered.
This was the 14th raid on Hal
mahera during August.
It is becoming apparent that
the enemy can no longer risk
heavy shipping in this area to
supply the outlying garrisons on
Halmahera, Ceram, Banda, and
Arafura, which must depend for
their supplies on small ships and
sailing vessels, luggers and local
i small craft.
This make-shift shipping is not
sufficient even for essential items,
such as munitions and aviation
gasoline .
The meadowlark is the official
bird of seven states: Kansas, Mon
tana, Nevada, North Dakota, Ore
gon, South Dakota and Wyoming.
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SGT. HARTLEY
IS AWARDED
HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — Sgt. James N.
Hartley, of Kenal, Alaska, was
recently awarded the Soldier’s
Medal for heroically risking his
life in a choppy, icy sea to aid in
the rescue of a pilot of a crashed
fighter plane, it was announced
at Alaskan Department headquar
ters.
Sergeant Hartley, then a pri
vate first class, was serving as
boa4swain’s mate on one of the
Army’s rescue vessels when it
was dispatched to the scene of thej
crash on December 17th of last
year. I
“The pilot was afloat on a life
raft but was helpless due to ex
posure, injuries and shock,” said
the citation. “Heavy rolling seas
prevented the launching of either
dory or skiff to effect a rescue,
whereupon Sergant Hartley, with
life preserver and line, went over '
the side into the water and made
his way through the rolling icy
sea to the raft.
“Sergeant Hartley remained in
the water to keep the raft from
colliding with the stern of the
boat and several times the boat,
its gross weight totaling almost 90
tons, was completely out of the;
water, threatening to smash both:
men and raft.
“Sergeant Hartley was in the j
water approximately 15 o r 20 j
minutes before the rescue was
completed, and In aiding in sav
ing the life of the pilot, did so
with complete disregard for his
own safety.
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G {MANS SAID 1
RETREATING
INTO PRUSSIA
LONDON, Aug. 18.—The Mos
cow radio today said the Ger-;
mans, retreating into their own;
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territory, are burning the East
Prussian towns along the border
to prevent their being used by the j
advancing Russians.
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An NBC broadcast said the j
Red Army has crossed into Ger
many.
The day s communique said the
Russians were mopping up an es
timated 20,000 Nazis trapped in
the Baltic states, where they are
established on the w-est shores of
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The operation was being car
ried out, the communique said, by
the Russian 14th Infantry Divi
sion and several tank brigades,
supported by numerous aerial
formations totalling more than
225.000 men.
Fresh fighting is reported on
the long-dormant Rumanian sec
tor on the lower Dniester river.
Terrific tank battles are going
on east of Warsaw.
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