The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1945-05-25
JAP SUICIDE.
TROOPS MAKE
new ATTACK.
Airborne Forces Land on
kindwd-Amphibious
Landing in China
By Leonard Milliman
.tAssociated Press War Correspondent

.tAssociated Press War Correspondent
Japaese counter landings by air.
borne suicide troops on Okinawa and
units on the central
China coast were reported today as
Allied infantrymen swept through
five more towns and turned to mop
ping up in three widely separated
sectors.
Sixty fast little Mustang fighters
from Iva Jima and a few superforts
swept over the Tokyo area, still
smouldering from yesterdays $50
plane B-29 fire raid, in a daylight
strike today. This was reported by
Tokyo radio which also told of a
Superfort mine-laying expedition in
Bay, across Honshu Island
from Two Jima and few Superforts
entrance to the inland sea.
Suicide Attacks
An unconfirmed Japanese COM
said airborne Nipponese
troops landed on two American air.
fields on Okinawa, 1875 miles south
Of Japan, where they blew up air.
craft. ammunition dumps and in
stallations. 1t claimed the suicidal
raid was coordinated with air
strikes on nearby U. S. shipping
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz previous
y announced one more light u. S.
ship was damaged in air raids We'd
nesday and Thursday nights. He
admitted the raids were continuing.
American ground troops, deprived
If tank support by deepening mud,
'logged ahead all along the Okinawa
'front.'. The 7th Infantry seized
new hill positions more than a mile
south of Yonabaru on the east
coast against stiff opposition, while
Japanese troop movements to the
'outh indicated the enemy was pre-
barring to set up a new defensive
inc.
Pour Into Naha
On the west coast, Sixth Division
Marines poured in strength into
Naha, the island capital, on bridges
quilt under continuous artillery fire.
IN the center of the line the 77th
captured two small villages
lear Shuri Fortress and the Goth re-
pulsed two counter attacks.
The 9th was pulled out of this
ector to begin the biggest mop-up
ob of the Pacific The full Divis-
on started out shoulder to shoulder
n a steady downpour to search over
100 square miles for an estimated
ZOO Japanese soldiers and to round
Up perhaps 10000 Okinawa civilians.
hopping Stage
Gen Douglas Macarthur announ-
ed the "mopping up stage" was also
cached on Mindanao Island in the
Philippines after Yanks
two functions. On the
central plateau the 3lst joined the
9th and Americal Divisions at I'M
former headquarters of the
Japanese 35th Army. In the Dayao
ector, the oath advanced eight miles
o join guerrilla troops.
Yanks began cleaning up disor-
'anized but bitterly resisting Japan
sc in the Ipo Dam area OF the
Manila watershed on Luzon Island.
Chinese Offensive
The three-pronged Chinese often
i've sweeping toward the enemy's
'orridor to Indo-China engulfed
iwaiyuanchen, SO miles from the
city OF Liuchow. Due
forth, other Chinese were within 10
niles of Paoching (Shaoyang) the
pringboard of recent Japanese Of
ensive.
In a belated effort to halt the
counteroffensive in the Foo
how area, Japanese landed REIN
orcements from warships north of
hat recently freed East China port.
japanese broadcasters foresaw
'ossibIe Allied landing on Amami
sland in the Northern Ryukyus. 200
niles south of Japan, and admitted
suicide tactics couldn't
lalt the American advance.
Another broadcast discussing Soviet
sussia's position in the Pacific said
If Japan should desire peace it
'ould be possible that Japan would
make proposals through Russia