The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-06-18
Truths Pondered While
Riding At Anchor
MIR. MODESTUS
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF WAR
. YANkS BOMB TOKYO
. u. S. NAVY ALERT
WILL SING, "KAMERAD!"

How long will this war last?
Well, the first six months of it is
gone
1t may help to take a look at what
has happened in that time
1t was December Z, 1941, Kurusu
talked to Roosevelt
At which time the Japs sneaked in
on Pearl HarbOr: Remember!
1t was December II, when they
seized the island of Guam
Which we did not fortify, because it
might hurt their feelings
December %, Wake Island had to
give up, after giving terrific battle
Those marines made that an expen-
sive victory for Nippon
And that was the way things
Manila fell into japanese hands
January 2, 1912
At Macassar Straights, January %,
we helped give them battle
January 81, just to show our Pearl
Harbor Navy was not wrecked
We shot up the Gilbert Marshall Is
lands in the Pacific
Meanwhile, Hong Kong had fallen
December %
Singapore was surrendered by the
British, February 15-
Nipponese shelled our California
coasts, February %
But Java naval battle, February q
was something different
Some U. S. Naval units made records
there
Our U. S. S. Houston was sunk there
but refused to stay down.
Macarthur, holding on in Bataan
was ordered to Australia
Bataan fell on April 8, after historic
and heroic battles.
Invasion of Bay of Bengal by Pan.
anese navy, April 8, was met by Brit
ish units
From Shangri La, Yankee bombers
scared April II over Tokyo
Hiro IIito must have given thanks
to forefathers and ShintO gods
That Jimmy Doolittle spared roya1
Nipponese palace on that day
Jap offensive against China started
again April 30
X X X
Burma campaign led to taking OF
Mandalay on May .
Closing Burma Road to China fol
the time being
Japanese naval thrusts toward Aus
tralia, was caught on May 4
BY American navy and air forces iI
Coral Sea-
Which shattered that Jap offensive
put it into reverse
Meanwhile Corregidor, badly pound
ed, gave up May g.
Being out of food, ammunition, ant
getting short of men
4 x 4
American planes, tanks and supplies
could not catch up
With demands of rapid japanese ad
vanceS in Burma
But stubborn Chinese proved thei1
mettle, almost barehanded-
Sometimes taking what they needed
from the JapS-
Farther north, Russians used Yanke'
supplies effectively against Nazis-
MacArthur's planes raked Jap bases
i'm Australian waters
Wrecking many plans for raids ant
invasons by Nipponese-
Meanwhile, L. $. Navy, alert a
Dutch Harbor, Midway and Pear
IIarbor--
Expected raids from offensive littl,
brown men
California and other coasts practicet
blackoutS--
Sure enough, June 3, Dutch HarboI
saw the first Jap thrust
Midway got real attack on June 4
by Jap fleet and task force
Which WAS caught before it coul'
strike, and blasted plenty
by American Navy and Air forces
| watching for just that
X X X
Meanwhile, Yankee troops, techni
clans Spouted out around the globe
Serving everywhere, from Africa {,
Iceland, Sydney To MurmanSk-
While America itself became Il VERT
| able volcano of war tools
Erupting airplaneS by thousands
aviatorS by tens of thousands
Tanks in professions, and commando
in expeditions
Big guns in streams, with artillery
men to roll them along
Ships for big guns, for little cargoes
for torpedo scouts
In these six months we are just be
ginning to get ready
Say Adolph, and you - Hiro Ilitc
this is only the first six months
When the Yankees really get set, an
ready to go
There will be not so much BanZai-
You will sing "Kamerad."-
Again.