Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-09-28
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CuOdOICon0I Marines
Lone Wolf Rescued
His Pals During Reid

TITS name is Cecil LEROY Jacobson-but you better not call
IL him that Six months the hospital have taken Of
the weight, but none of the fight out of him.
To his friends he's Jake To the Marines along the
beach at Guadalcana he became known the Lone Wolf
That when empty tank lighter would come punging
through the surf Of bueswpt stretch Of shore line to
rescue hard pressed radng party The lighter would be
empty except solitary figure That would be Cecil
Leroy-er Jae-sO pounds Coast Guardsman from Mobile
Alabama.
As coxswan would be at the wheel until the barge
grounded on sand AS engineer, he order himself to
throttle the motor and throw her in neutral AS bowman ne
run forward TO crank down the ramp,
II was Jakes idea to become man lighter crew
II came shortly after the Of the island when
all Guardsmen worked 4S hours with scarcely break
unloading Marines then cargo After little sleep, I'd Glass
Seaman Jacobson to his commanding officer and pro
posed 4 could get lot work done you let me run
Of them things by myself"
How do you figure that? asks Commander Dexter
Well that bowman of mine is lazy jerk who don want
when need him. And these motors don't need engineer
they break down and they never hardly break down
Then don't like all this arguing about which ship we're going
TO unload next. ! work better by myself
SO the Commander lets him try and enough Jake
production record goes steadily up first the 36oo jeep
lighters and later the as and 5Ofoot tank barges
AL through the second invasion Jake works alone and
when the air raids and the ships scatter he takes his
barge empty full mile off shore To meet the STRAIT
ing Jap planes becomes Jake the Gunner swinging his
Lewis gun ece from the the steering gear housing
Long ago his officers decide to let Jake his
long work equals supasses that OF other
lighter that there sometimes hours and days
when nobody hide hair of the Lone Wolf
That when Jake is 10 miles down the beach visiting
native village Somehow he manages to strike up firm friend
ship with the local chief big black with dyed red hair
standing all his head These natives dye their hair
al kinds Of coorsyeow and green too They're big guys
feet of EN-. And how they hate the Japs! They
still fighting with oldfashoned British rifles and
knives two three feet long.
Il wander down there when things slow and
they give bananas pineappes oranges tan
genes everything they had They'd around at night
playing ukelee and singing Pidgn English You Are Ny
Sunshine Marcy just the way they heard the Marines
along the beach sing them They treated like king
Sometimes I'd be invited stay all night and sleep the
chiefs straw house.
There weren't any The Japs had raped and
killed many that the hid the way back in the
hills somewhereS They wouldn't trust telling the
Marines used 70 ask where the girls and would
say Three dsymeanng 1t took that long 10 walk there I'd
ask another and he d say Two week.
One day in mis- wsnderngs the Lone Wolf passes
bridge the Jungle Jap bomber and lets
one 90 Jake cant find foShole he throws himself on
the ground just the bomb hits the bridge behind him He
looks back az the bridge No bridge. He comes home the
long way, by the beach.
Another day Jake gets of the beaten trail and oh
Jap headquarters recently deserted He 194
Chevrolet and haon Jap truck standing there deserted
He looks the motor There's plenty Of gas and OIL but
battery.
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