Nogales international., 1944-02-25

all this, without having any pa
night patient came in who en-
gagged a friendly unit by mistake
and who had received a wound or
the wrist. The counter sign i:
ISshi Heke.
5/19-Battle
At night there was a phone cal
from Sector Unit Headquarters. Ir
some spots of the beach there are
some friendly float type planes
waiting. Went into Attu Village
Church-felt like someon's home
some blankets were scattered
around. Was told to translate a
field order presumed to have been
dropped by an enemy office in Mas
lsacre Bay. Was ordered to evaluate
a detail map sketch of Massacre
and Holtz Bay which was in the
possession of Capt. Robert J.. Ed
ward, adjutant of Colonel Smith.
Got tired and went to sleep. 1st
1t. Ujiio is also in charge of trans
lation.
The hard fighting of our 3O3rd
Bn. in Massacre Bay is fierce, and
it is to our Advantage Have captured
enemy weapons and have used that
to fight. Wounded ten enemy clos
ing in on fight Five of our men
and one medical MOO died. Heard
enemy . pilots faces can be seen
around Umanaso. The enemy naval
gun firing near our hospital ward
is fierce-hits around 20 meters
away.
5/21-Battle
Was strafed while amputating a
patients arm. 1t is the first time
since moving over to Chichagof
Harbor that I went in an air shell
ter. Enemy plane is Martin.
Nervousness of our CO. is severe
and he has said his last word to his
officers and MOO. 's-that he will
die tomorrow. Gave all his articles
away. Hasty chap, this fellow. The
officers on the front are doing a
fine job Everyone who heard this
became desperate and things became
disorderly.
5/22-Battle
0600-Air raid again. Strafing
killed one medical man. Medical
man Okayaki wounded in right
thigh and fractured arm. During
the night a mortar shell came very
close.
5/23-Battle
Seventeen friendly medium naval
bombers destroyed a cruiser off
shore. By naval gun firing, a hit
vas scored on the pillar pole of
.cnts for patients and the tent gave
= nd two died instantly. From
200 in the morning to 1900 stayed
in foxhoIe Days ration ! to go.
5 shaker Q-5 lhs) nothing else.
{ cficerc md men alike in frost.
FYerybc dy looked around for food
and stole everything they could
find.
It sleeted and was extremely
cold. Stayed at Misumi barrack-
alone. A great amount of shells
were dropped by naval gUnfire and
rocks, mud flew all around the
roof and falls down. In foxhole
about yards away, Hayaska, d
medical man, dies instantly by a
penetration of shrapnel through
his heart. ts'f
5/25-Battle
Naval gun firing, aerial bonn
bardment, trench warfare. Worst
is yet to come The enemy is con-
structing their positions. Battalion
commander died. At Amanaso they
cannot fully accommodate all the
patients. 1t has been said that at
Massacre Bay district the road COM
ing to Sector Unit Headquarters is
isolated Am suffering from diarrhia
and feel dizzy.
BY naval gunfiring, it felt like
the Misumi barracks blew up and
things shook up trenebdiyskt. Con-
sciousness becomes vague. One tent
burned down by a hit from incendi-
airy bomb Strafing planes hit the
west room, hits from so cal. shell,
stopped on the ceiling and the
other penetrated. My room looks
like awful mess from the sand and
pebbles that came down from the
roof.
Rose, 1St 1t of Medical Corps, is
also wounded There was a cere-
mony of Granting of Imperial
Edict. The last line of Umanaso
was broken through. No hope for
reinforcement. Will die for the