The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-04
Trouble Shooters
Have Tough Job
BY JOHN r. HENRY
Staff Corressnondent

sal 1pi aspOnQtul
OROTE PENINSULA, Guam.
(Delayed)-INS- Marginal items
from reporters notebook.
First Lieut.. Charles s. Cum
mlngs. OF 3Os Mead Ave. San Die
20, Cal, Is trouble shooter on
the artillery communication lines
extending from the Orote battle
ground back TO the batteries-and
there was plenty OF trouble TO
shoot today, he said. explaining
how the japanese infiltrate through
the Marines front and snip the
telephone wires.
Mortar fire also whacks out the
lines. said the blond six foot Off
Ger who had no time to shave for
the last three days.
We have three crews OF five
men each who do nothing but
maintain those communications"
Cummings continued. Three Of
the men In each crew stand guard
with their guns and keep their
eyes peeled for snipers, while the
other two actually do the repair
work"
No Time TO Spare
One OF the trouble shooters"
found time today to capture a Jap.
anese prisoner, but. apparently. he
didn't have much time TO spare.
Corp. Nathan Nezhini OF 945 Broad
way, Bayonne. y. j.. looked up
from his work 10 sec the Jap com.
Ing toward him out OF the bush.
He searched the Jap. then started
marching him toward the nearest
command post. when the Jap
didn't proceed as fast as Nezhni
wanted him TO, the corporal said:
Look you. got a telephone line
10 repair. Let's get going"
Whether the Jap understood or
not Is problematical, but, anyway.
his reply was:
"Okay".
Honorable Death March
THE Honorable Death March, Z"
Ia the title that Col. Johnny Walk.
er, chief OF staff of the First Ma.
rino Brigade. has affixed to the
latest unorthodox thing done by
the japanese defending Orote.
a group OF the enemy soldiers,
estimated TO be between 80 and
100. In number. were sighted on a
single file march yesterday. They
were marching out OF the shatter.
ed town OF Sumay. They carried
Japanese rising sun flag AT the
head OF the column.
Let EN- have IT," ordered 1t.
Col. Claire w. Schisler. OF Canton,
o., and the Marines unleashed ev.
erything from machine gun to ar
tillery fire. virtually annihilating
every Jap In the group.
"One OF those Honorable Death
Marches | guess" commented Col.
onel Walker when the word Of the
incident reached the brigade com.
mand post.
Adopt Litter OF Pups
IT'S n question whether souve.
Mrs or pets obtained from the enc
my are more attractive to Ma.
rines Corp. Harry wills. OF 1922
Clymer Ave, Reading, Pa. and
Pfc. Vincent Zeckman. OF 1889 7th
Ave, Miami Fla, prefer pets.
They picked up litter OF five
mongrel hounds born amid the
crumbled walls OF Agat town, fed
the pups on field ratlons and gave
them home at command post
where the lads are attached.
Star Shells MIsnamed
Star shells from American war
ships worry the Marines on Ca
bras Island more than Japanese
fret Lieut.. Col. william +. Parks.
OF 1908 26lst St, Lomlta, Calf.
who commands the force occupy.
ing this curlycue OF land across
Apra harbor from 0rote, explain.
ed that Japs on the peninsula fire
Internationally at the island but
that chose damned star shells
keep US awake at night because We
never know when one OF them is
going to land among u.s. The
star shells. swinging their brilliant
light from parachutes. keep tho
peninsula field illuminated. but
the wind frequently carries the
narachutea down on Cahras Island.