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...been inspecting four Jap tanks, which were still burning. One of the tankers' crisp, upraised hands stuck out of his turret as if in supplication to a power beyond his reach...
Step Four. One of the marines kept on talking about coaxing the Jap or Japs out of the cave. Said he somewhat wistfully: "I wish we had somebody that knew enough Japanese to fetch him out." He said this in a low voice so the sergeant couldn't hear him. Another private first class observed that he didn't believe the Emperor himself knew enough Japanese to coax anybody out of that hole...
...they still held great enclaves of territory within the Jap lines, thwarted pup pet governments, spiked Japan's "co-prosperity" plans...
Biggest Show. It was their biggest show up to that time. The outfit (said Joe) was "scared-but not afraid." By Admiral Halsey's order they were to help beat down a Jap task force, keep it from moving south and smashing inferior U.S. naval forces in the Solomons. There could be no failures by Group Twelve...
Wingman Down. With the British (and Jumping Joe in command of the combined air groups) Group Twelve slashed at Jap bases at Sabang on the tip of Sumatra and the once-great Dutch naval base at Surabaya. Group Twelve lost one plane in each show...