Yanks, British move toward Yugo border
Infiltrate Tito’s lines in disputed Venezia Giula Province
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1st Army paces shift of troops to Pacific for crack at Japan
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Army ready to run trucks in Chicago
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Marine who took movie of Iwo flag epic slain
WASHINGTON (UP, May 21) – Marine Sgt. William H. Genaust, 38, Minneapolis, combat photographer who took motion pictures of the epic flag-raising on Mount Suribachi, was killed in action on Iwo Jima March 4, Marine Corps headquarters announced today.
Pictures he took of the notable episode were used in the film The Shores of Iwo Jima. He “shot” the scene beside photographer Joe Rosenthal, whose still picture was judged one of the most notable of the war and won him a Pulitzer Prize.
Editorial: Oddity on Okinawa
The bloody battle raging on Okinawa is not without its lighter moments and we suppose it is these humorous incidents that help make the going more bearable for our fighting men.
We’re thinking particularly of the Jap officer who charged down the slope of a hill toward the American positions, screaming “Banzai!” and brandishing his sword. Halfway down he glanced behind him, skidded to a halt and disappeared in the underbrush. It sees that the officer was engaged in an unpremeditated solo charge, his men deciding that discretion was the better part of valor and declining to take part in the assault on the well-entrenched Americans.
The whole episode reminds us of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance who, when faced with a belligerent foe, chanted: “When the foeman bares his steel, we uncomfortable feel, etc.”
Dodger skid doesn’t retard turnstiles
Crowd of 27,844 sends home attendance to 266,622 – becomes owls on road
By Harold C. Burr
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That japanese officer.
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The Pittsburgh Press (May 22, 1945)
Gracie Allen Reporting
By Gracie Allen
Just leave it to the merry little Japanese to cash in on the silver linings of their dark clouds. Radio Tokyo, the Japs’ leading humor factory, has just announced that Premier Suzuki is looking forward to a bumper crop of sweet potatoes as the result of his lawns being plowed up by our bombs. He forgot to mention that we’ve also built the fires to roast his sweet potatoes.
Well, I suppose now that our planes have plowed their land for them the Japs will expect our tanks to harvest the crops. And I don’t think they’ll be disappointed.
Of course, I don’t know how Suzuki’s bumper crop of sweet potatoes is going to hatch out, but I’ll wager that he has plenty of hot potatoes on his hands right now!
Kärntner Nachrichten (May 23, 1945)
Wahrscheinlich im Juli Neuwahlen in England
Vor dem Ende der Koalitionsregierung
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