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...Jap had taken a long chance, had gathered an attacking force under cover just across the bay, presumably to be used against Corregidor. Somehow Corregidor knew. About the time the Jap was ready to move, the guns of Corregidor, and of Forts Hughes, Drum and Frank on the small islands near Corregidor, opened up. Taken by surprise, the landing party, its boats and its launches were destroyed...
...during the week. Airmen climbed joyfully into P-40s-probably rebuilt from junked craft-and went hunting. To Douglas Mac Arthur this small air support meant more than striking power. It meant that for the first time on Bataan he could see through his pilots' eyes what the Jap...
Tricky Mr. Moto. The Jap, who is variously "Mr. Moto," "Tojo," "Charlie" or "the Japanzy" to U.S. troops, was beginning to show a heavy preference for night movement, when concealment is best...
...They are tricky, unscrupulous fighters. Jap snipers throw their rifles down when they go through the motions of surrender. When the rifle is picked up, an attached grenade is set off, and the soldier who has grabbed it is a casualty. Since the first few days the Army has learned...
...minutes later three Jap dive-bombers turned up. They could be identified by the upcurve of their wings and their nonretractable landing gears. The next minute two P-40s came plummeting out of the clouds and the show was on. The Japs broke formation. One of them was hit squarely with a burst from a P-40. It flared up like a gasoline-soaked rag, plunged earthwards, crashed in its own bombs. The two other dive-bombers jettisoned their loads and streaked away. One of them was smoking when he turned. The P-40 on his tail gave...