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Behind them, Seabees and Army engineers repaired the roads. Before them lay Apra harbor, its turquoise waters whipped into white streaks by PT-boats on guard against enemy movement. U.S. ships returned to the harbor-the first since the minesweeper Penguin was sunk Dec. 8, 1941. Supplies began to flow in for the attack inland. Patrols probed seven miles across the island. Main bodies followed, cut Guam in half...
Last week Harry J. Baker was in Matanuska, while officers at army posts and naval bases throughout the territory clamored for his services. Wherever he goes, people stop him on the street, begging for appointments. Within the past month, traveling by PT boat, barge and sub chaser, he has ranged as far as Adak in the Aleutians...
...reasonable facsimile of a second wind, therefore will he welcomed. All V-12 and NROTC men, new and old, are eligible, as well as all civilians. V-12 men are reminded that they are allowed to take track four times a week instead of taking boxing and wrestling for PT credits. Those who cannot make it four times a week are asked to come as often as they can. Summer training will prepare the team for several track and cross-country meets which have already been scheduled for early September...
...Solomons base, the U.S. Navy issued a stern order: commanders of naval vessels, particularly PT boats, must not exceed 25 knots through the inlet. Reason: the wake at higher speeds (as delighted small-boat skippers had discovered) washed the Army privies off their stilts, dropped the establishments and their occupants into the water. Also forbidden: paint-up pictures of privies on small-boat bridges, with scores marked underneath...
...destroyer, bombarding the shore of northern Bougainville, sank a PT boat that strayed into its field of fire...