New Britain herald., 1925-05-22
WHO WON THE WAR?
 WE DID, IS CHORUS
tcOntlnu.d from Second PaEe)

(continued from Second PaEe) which to operate thls arm of the service, The island Of Molokai. roughly 20 miles from Oahu was chosen for this venture.
 The advance force sent out 10 es- tahlIsh the alr-hase had succeeded in doing SO according to rans, we were told on the night Of the 26th and ull was Tn readiness to land the troops, for the land campaign. Small forces wore makirs feints at two other points.
 Tho landing Battle
 J'oHst4ucutv hv midnight of 'Nc crtn the stnEo WIS all set for the hie irama that vasro he enacted off U"ciou The uc ships steamed hack and forth seN"rnl miles off shor" making lhe mouone or disoharEinE their guns, saryos which voufi have made tho coast for many miles back untenah'a na1 the shells actually ben Eoing through the air. Larger guos with tra greater range had the 1uy If rrjn- further inshora. small CT ones seuf their "ronstructiye" steel tufo points on and near the beach, thoorotirauy making the land un- tovah'r for defenders with mobile qrn1rrv ar1 maclinA guns. Ingtdn thc Natr. 0~ct lay the Ira Exports di>orrnqrLjrG their men, curtain of rrntortiloe o,sr their heada
 roeurl' ,.rme and great hustle 7nI artl,'t .,qs crIdont Small boats rrro rutu or every shIr. Th"or"- rc7uv tn.v carried some Aoooo marines ashore. actually the number was nfncn emal'ar Tnoy reported 10 trc HonIcrso0 ari other transports naliug tro ruH through the surf and ricline t-ni~ way through gaps in ,hc coral rrcrs which surround the islands io inc sand. TNs vas not to0o without 7rriiont. Several boats were rnaahal. many men got tnorourhoy wet hut ID one was seri- oyslv hurt or killed. Rark and forth. they wenloI th-.r TaY chaseIessIy on their erraufe
 [, rc' UE't~r. transports moFHi r,rtrer rrl' to he safer from enemy nre. 0b~ar,.r planes. sent ID from ,no har.a ,rfrs made their way 70 fne ehore a~1 repor'ol lo"0'tohS of batteries ard troops, railing t"k firing snstru~ious fo t@c me" in the furrets and on tno f,e Inch guns. The gHaz ,ero fraarI, 'o2fed with ,lunnlv a,umuujoo ond the firing ley rror-e1. This pr1''lse was con- rngous 'rrov=no9t n" operatln0 rark of or, nlrtAer 10 sea, lay the ,~raer of ars'rovcra guarding against a.fark from tne r~ar ny submarines or nthcr rr7ft
 And fnc1 inc enemy began f' 1rsa. uo his nzNunr machines. H. ,,,,. nr may not have been fooled he the faruts If Barher's Point o' Pearl Harhor fl ,= certain that thH> icnt him from concentrating inshore from Wafn7ea Bav for time a' least Do2r the ml'ltar" road rushef come tgrL= and tha planes appeare' ,rorr o,or nearby hoadlaads, Bat ,eriez o0cned fire with hanks iron, ,artous positions on the Slop hack rrou the beach. Rodies Q ,,orrs .or-ied along the gullles an ,co1aa,s to meet the attackers,
 Ii would he difficult Indeed to con r,r,s cr more Ideal spot in "hic to stazr such q spetcaolc. 4 mile O two Of rcter lay between the ship aud r.e beach. from which tn gentle sUope oF wide flat vale .uread hack to schofield Barrack n.a the back d1or in 2 theatre. A operations nore taking place in Vle' az the orservHr
 In the Air
 Dv this time the air was fuu ( airnls0as. friend and foe. Flying llk "a many geese. in 3 wedgeshape formation with the leader well ahea the heavy bombing planes advance on the ships The wings of the fhgf were guarded by one or two comb; rlanos. single-soated spoedsters cal rvirg ono or two men 10 fight off tnckers before they got to the moi ,errnso'ess boubers, Navy comb;