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...lateral Highway 74, from the Tyrrhenian coast to Lake Bolsena, the Germans held a line for three days until it was cracked in three places by General Mark W. Clark's Fifth Army. Grosseto, opposite Elba (see below), fell to the Fifth. With it went a major military airfield about 70 miles from Florence. In 38 days the Fifth had advanced almost 150 miles...
Early this week they had fought their way clear across the lower end of the island, had seized Aslito Airfield. U.S. air forces held control of the sky, bombed in stallations, showered Jap civilians and sol diers with invitations to surrender. But no one doubted that the soldiers of Nippon would fight...
...weight of U.S. power as a big naval task force struck by sea & air into the Marianas Islands, while heavy bombers from the South Pacific area attacked enemy bases in the Carolines. On Biak Island, a long step back toward the conquered Philippines, U.S. troops captured one key airfield, were pressing the Japs back...
...Arthur's last important island hop in his leapfrogging New Guinea campaign was progressing-but it was no walkover. Sixth Army infantrymen had been all but stalled in their drive along the coastal flats of Biak Island in the Schouten group, aimed at the capture of three airfields within heavy-bomber range of the Philippines. They had to fall back, call for reinforcements, amend their tactics. Last week they drove inland, outflanked the Japs, captured Mokmer airfield...
Throughout the Pacific, "Top of the Mark" is a nostalgic name. On a hill above a New Guinea airfield the thatch-roofed Officers Club was named "Top of the Mark." On atolls and in jungles, dusty tents and tubular Quonset huts bore the same name. The original is in San Francisco, an elegant saloon atop the city-topping Mark Hopkins Hotel. When fog winnows against the great windowpanes, the circular bar and soft lounges seem out of this world. For soldiers and sailors, its atmosphere is just right for the gaiety of homecoming, the murmuring of farewell...