Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-05

Pollock of Augusta, Ga.
went up to the very front
lines OF the Tenaru shortly after
that. and watched some OF the &C.
tion--or a. much as Il 10 possible
to see while YOU are under ma
chine gun and rife IRE.
When ! arrived, some OF the
American boys had been carted
away. Among the wounded was
lit. George Cordrea Of Akron, o.,
who had command OF the platoon
which formed our foremost firing
line.
He had been hit twice in the
left arm above the elbow by
shrapnel. but. although his wounds
were exceedingly painful. he had
continued on his feet and con-
tinued to direct operations from
A 80 in the morning, when he had
been hit, for more than five hours.
Another officer who had q front
line position. 2nd 1t. James F.
McC lanahan OF Washington, D. c.,
had stayed on the job for two
hours after he had been hit to
direct operations. He had been
wounded in the shoulder and up
per leg. but gave orders from a
prone position.
TREE TO TREE
But there were MANY stalwarts
still on the scene as we crawled
up from the rear. lodging from
tree to tree to avoid the Jap fire.
Among them was Colonel Pollock,
who moved about constantly from
position to position, spottine
enemy movements, doing his own
liaisen: apparently he was utterly
unconcerned by the danger which
was still wounding and killing
linen in the vicinity.
Also Pvt. Raymond d. Parker
of Cincinnati and his chum. Cpl
John Olivieri. In one Of the Japa.
nese attempts to storm the Ameri.
can position, Olivieri grappled
with a Jap who thrust q bayonet
into the Americans leg.
| For a moment the situation
looked bad for Olivieri. but Parker
came to the rescue with an auto
matte rife which he held to the
Jap's middle, blasting him tc
pieces. Olivieri was still hard al
work shooting at Japs, even
though his leg was now bandaged
Parker was engaged In similar
work nearby.
Cunnery Sergeant Angus had al.
ready killed one Jap with q Ions
shot. / was to watch him kill two
more before the afternoon wal
over.
The Japs were still hurting rife
grenades in our direction, and rak'
/ ing us with machine gun IRE
There was one machine gun on the
spit of sand at the mouth OF the
! Tenaru.
We could not spot II until we
saw a hand move above the curve
OF the beach. Then we ranged oul
mortar fire into the nest.
REACHED TARGET
The first blast was of. the sec.
ond nearer. Then, just before the
third, we saw a Jap poke up his
helmeted head. The shell landed
squarely on top. smothering him ir
black smoke. In the cloud Of
smoke. three men jumped up and
ran for the far end of the bar
But they were cut down by
shower of fire.
Machine guns and rife fire from
the other bank still held US up
There was also heavy sniper fire
The snipers were carefully camou.
tagged, and some were tied In tho
tops OF trees. They had to be
spotted and killed, one by one.
The machine gun and rife firs
was rooted out partly by our ar
tillery and mortar fire. which W.
could see blasting into the grove
across the river. and finally cleaned
I'D by our tanks, which came
through our position. crossed the
spit at the mouth of the Tenarl
while Jap bullets ratified from
their steel surfaces, and Their
moved their way through the trees
In the cocoanut grove, blasting
many a machine gun nest.
NEXT HIT SQUARELY
I later saw one machine CUR
nest which had been hit squarely
There were IL twisted. blasted
bodies, many of them half-buriec
tin the sandy earth.
I saw one tank flush q couple
of Japs from one foxhole. One Of
them ran for the beach. with the
machine gun bullets Of the tank
ripping along behind him. On the
beach he squatted for q second
And when he rose. Gunner Angus
took careful aim and picked hin
of with one shot. Angus hnc
earlier killed two other Japs In
the same way. he told me.
After the tanks had done their
cleanup work. there was little
more to the battle, except the ad.
" n &c of Colonel CreSswe1l's