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They could travel only by night; by day Jap aircraft ruled the skies and they had to skulk in coves. At last the PT put in at Mindanao; a battered Flying Fortress took the MacArthurs on to Australia...
Early Friday, rebel officers smuggled 70 students and workers into the fortress of the Honor Guard. The officers and "prisoners" killed the commander and took over the fort. Stragglers from Guatemala City's nightclubs were surprised when they saw armed civilians roaring past in jeeps and motorcycle side-cars...
...Plaza de Armas before the Presidential Palace, a member of the palace guard was lying dead in a pool of blood. Knots of people headed for the barracks, where the Lend-Lease equipment was being distributed to civilians. The rebels planted three 105-mm. shells on San José Fortress, turned it into a huge crater, belching hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of Lend-Lease explosives. Loyal artillery in Matamoros Fortress laid 20 shells into the barracks of the Honor Guard before Matamoros itself was reduced to rubble. White flags appeared, twelve hours after the revolt had started...
...another vital factor will make the going tougher: as Allied forces reach Japan's inner fortress, they will come up against Jap armies which will be in a position to throw in reserves. On isolated Pacific islands. U.S. naval power cut off all hope of reinforcement. On big islands like Luzon, and in China and Japan, the enemy will be able to make good his initial losses and greatly prolong the fight...
...every branch of the industry heard the news with incredulity. Phil Johnson was only 49. He had called the bets for the company since its ramshackle beginnings; he had shouldered the vast problem of expanding Flying Fortress production after Pearl Harbor; he was counted on to steer Boeing's postwar course...