The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-28

son, it was announced today
 The two Japanese who remained alive went Into hiding. and could not be found.
 Marines of . specially trained battalion selected from 1000 vQlunr teees wnt through the island with pistols, hand grenadeS and k:la-'ss, killed all but eight japaneSs the first day. spent part of aSccnd day destroying everything they could find Of use to the enemy. end 1e~ embarked with their mission ae- compllslaed to the ultimate limit.
 TheaS losses were less than 1 to 10 of those of the Japanese.
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 Japanese reserves were driven Co the fighting line in American-m9de trucks and the marines destroyed l,00o gallons of American aviation gasoline which the enemy had ob- tained before Pearl Harboe.
 The marines destroyed the sea- plane base, three radio stations, all installations in tlse island, food stores and . small quantity of bombs.
 A marine machine gunner firing ct 1000 yards range set fife to . small Japanese seaplane which landed in the lagoon during fighting along with 8 big seAplane bomber. The pogt motor of the bomber was hit and at cfasjaed as it tried des- perately to take off. There were no survivors.
 The navy supporting Goece sank . 3,e0n ton txasaSport and 1000 ton patsQl hoot. There were about 104 mssa on the teanspoFt and about 90 on the patrol boat. Again there were no &sasYivORs.
 CasaAAm Describes Attack
 IAeut. Col. Evans r. Carlson, 4A, Plymouth, Conn, who led the exA petition, and Mai. James Roosevelt, son of the presidens, second in com. mand, told the story.
 ''We wanted to tske aoaNs peason- CTS but ws couldn't find any, Carl- son said.
 He dlsclosed that he and Roose- welt OeRAnlsed and trained the ma Yine battalion on orders og Adm. CMaStee ". Nignlt& epmmandSf in chief In the Pacific.
 'Yt wAs founded on the tha0ey that we aaaoaild organize units wAieh were super-moblle and streamlned," !" CAtison sAid.
 Our attack was based on the eie- ment of surprise. W0 were able t0 get In, strike hard and get out quickly.
 II drew heavily on my experience with the Chinese Sth route aa1ny which spent greAt deal pa time.
 ''When those hnys got going they vent in without waiting for anyone to tell them what to do.
 Yanks Were saPeFaee
 AAGAn fer man our boys wSTe 1af supericR, though the JAhAAeSe had the edge on ,ie ifa sniplng.
 'One sniper on our flank Kept trying te get Jim (Maj. R0oeevAis) but ne nevse got him"
 ''ago sir, we got him." saSd Rooss- welt.
 M0Q$GY@bL @@uSW N4S@s 4s9 kS4pSaS- ally dia not get aHy JApAnese. although he fired his pistol twice.
 Both he and Carlson were too balsy moving aboUt directing operations te dO much shooting themselves.
 T dcga't think thets's 2 bsttss group Oa Snsgi anywhere, thanks to the ecaOpei," Roosevelt sAa4. 'Re wsiAsA a great team"
 ARAj. Roosevelt was wearing a OAnAage on the middle finger Og his le1t hand.
 fgs was asked k ise had bessa wounded.
 ''T cut 1t on the coral end 1t got ln. fected." he said.
 0mAM DunpeeeiAg Eaee&
 CoEnax. John 1. HAiTes, OoesnAdO, OAllS., commanded ths little vnlteG @tases supporting 6est At MakAA laAaMA, which ls At sAe E0ethaen end W t6e Japanees occupied Dgitish Gil- berts, 9yAb0 miles southwest C Ks~ wal and l.92S miles northeast of the southern Solomcns where tn@