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...Jap-airborne, waterborne or submarine-had come near the fleet; not a bomb had been dropped, not a coastal gun fired...
Only for a few minutes during the run had the fog lifted enough to disclose a ruddy glow over the Jap coast to Allied gunners. Spotting-plane pilots over the targets reported mostly "Visibility lousy," but where the cloud cover broke, near Mito, the spotter radioed: "Keep it up, gang-we're doing beautifully...
There are many more of such backwash wars to be fought. In Celebes, Java, Timor, Halmahera and countless other Pacific Islands there are perhaps 165.000 Jap holdouts, isolated but still untouched by the Allies. There is little question that they are there to stay until the Aussies rout them out and kill them...
...More Japs came. Harrell killed two with his carbine, at 25 yards. Another Jap popped into the ravine below. Carter got him. Then his Garand jammed...
...Carter came back into the foxhole, two Japs charged. Carter fired twice, but his new rifle jammed, too. He grabbed a Jap rifle, yesterday's souvenir, and impaled one of the attackers on its bayonet. The other Jap swung his saber, split Carter's hand. But Bill Harrell still had one hand left. He raised the carbine, shot the saber-waving Jap...