‘War in Europe over? So what?’
OKINAWA (UP) – “So the war in Europe is over. So what?”
This comment from a G.I., arriving from battle on the front line, sums up the feeling on this island about the end of the war in Europe.
The Japs are still fighting for this island, but there has never been any doubt that U.S. forces will take it. The Tenth Army has a powerful force ashore with plenty of supplies for the final drive to victory.
V-E Day found Okinawa swept by cold rain. It annoyed Doughfoots and Japs alike.
There is still a hard, long road ahead in the Pacific and there can be no pause for celebration.
MacArthur salutes victors in West
MANILA, Philippines (UP) – Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today his command saluted the comrades who were victors in the West and rededicated themselves to the task of crushing the Japs in the East.
Gen. MacArthur said he rejoiced that this theater will “now be reinforced by those vast and powerful resources of the war which heretofore have been employed on the battlefields of Europe.”