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for the people shall not perish from the earth.'—Lincoln
Japs Lose
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Japanese Navy has been “de
feated, seriously damaged and
routed” in the Philippine area
The President called reporters to
his office at 5:18 pm (Wed.) and
read them this announcement
“The President has received
today the report of Admiral
•Halsey that the Japanese Navy
in the Philippine area was de
feated, seriously damaged and
,routed by the U. S. Navy in that
..area "
The President released the
rftfeWw in a rarely used manner,
calling reporters to his office for
an unscheduled news conference
because he said the news of the
Jap defeat had just reached him
through the Navy department
and his military chief of staff
Admiral Leahy. He did not in
dicate any details on extent of
Jap losses
(J. S. Pacific Fleet Headquar
ters—Pearl Harbor—More than
26 Japanese warships were sunk
or heavily damaged in a three
pronged battle of the Philippines
according to incomplete reports
of the most crushing defeat ever
administered to the modern
Nipponese Navy It was disclos
ed that the wreckage strewn
waters marked the possible end
®f the Imperial fleet, a major,
obstacle in the path to thej
coasts of Japan and China and
that the defeat probably has
shortened the Pacific war by
months
Combined reports of Nimitz
I and MacArthur on 3 major en
gagements involving the bulk of
the Jap fleet listed these known
results:
8 Jap ships sunk, including 2
carriers, 1 battleship & 5 cruis
ers
3 probably sunk, including 2
battleships & 1 carrier
more than 15 damaged, in
cluding 7 battleships, 4 cruisers,
4 destroyers and “several" more
destroyers.
Both commanders made clear
their final reports will show
much heavier Jap losses, partic
u!arly in ships sunk.
Peail Harbor—More than 30
Jap warships were sunk or
doomed to idleness in repair
yards in the 3 fleet battles off
the Philippines; two near Leyte
and one near Formosa There is
every indication when the com
plete total is known it will ex
ceed the Nippon’s previous
greatest naval disaster off Guad
alcanal in Nov. 1942 when they
had 35 vessels sunk or damaged.
Washington—American loases
in defeating the Jap navy in the
battle of the Philippines totaled
6 warships: the aircraft carrier
Princeton, 2 escort carriers, 2
destroyers, l destroyer escort.
Names of the vessels lost were
not disclosed pending notific
ation of next of kin. No details
are now available as to circum
stances surrounding loss.
The v ssels carried a total of
PART Of a SOLDIER'S LETTER:
“Winning a war is hard on all of us.
“It is too bad you are being paid so little for
working so hard 1 get only a fraction of your
pay so I understand. You work long hours and
so do I. So I understand.
“But—during these hours I get shot at. Do you
understand?”
BUT MORE BONDS
about 3900 men.
The largest carrier escorts
each carried a complement of
probably 1000 each & each had
a squadron of more than 21
planes The destroyers normal
complement is about 200, des
troyer escorts about 160.
In addition 38 other vessels,
including 27 submarines & 9
otheis, were destroyed to pre
vent capture or are overdue and
presumed lost. Total since the
start of war listed as overdue or
destroyed is now 217.
News Highlights
Gen. MacArthur’s Hdqtrs
Leyte — Fast-moving American
doughboys have carved out a
solid 40-mile long invasion front
on Leyte island & surged deeper
inland to free additional 15 com
munities. The general advance
continued despite increased Jap
resistance west of Palo in the
north central sector & a count
erattack which was repulsed on
iSanar island.
American guns & planes bag
ged 7G aircraft during “inter
mittent harassing raids”. j
Rome—"8th Army forces ad
vancing up the Po valley toward
Bologna came up against heavy
German defenses 2 miles east of
Forli British & Canadian troops
reached the Ronco river & Da
trols crossed the stream at sever
al points but withdrew following
sharp German counterattacks
with tanks,
Moscow — Heavy counterat
tacks by German armor & in
fantry against the growing Rus
sian salient in East Prussia were
beaten back by Red Army gun
ners who levelled field artillery
into a deadly antitank screen
despite enemy’s continual rei^
forcement. Gen. Ivan Cherniak,
hovsky secured control of 15,
mile stretch of secondary rail
line running northwest to Tilsjj.
from junction of main Konigg,
berg—Kaunas line.
Paramushiro Hit
Pearl Harbor—American ait
raids on Kuriles reported i0
communique. Army Airforce
Mitchells & Liberators & Navy
Liberators & Venturas attacked
Paramushiro, Matsuwa, Shumu.
shu & Onnekotan islands Mob.
& Tues. A 6000-ton cargo ship
was set afire south of Paramu
shiro.
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