The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-20
BY-PASSED lSJFS
STERN TEST FOR
HlR0HI70 POWER VI
BY FRED hANpvn,

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rlsons throughout the Pscis e s a
next few days VII settle , ne
tlon that has long disturbsss u {,
men who have fought and ~ III
passed their way across '. ~ y
clflc to victory over Nippon ON r.
The question-will tbs
garrlsons honor a surrends ,' ones
from the homeland? order
the Pacific have reported p c,a.' Of
OF japanese documents v,io tp'l''
oade surrender under any cjr,r N.Y.
stances-even on order 0. Tho -.
peror' Such orders, the ssrri a''.
were told, would be torss s-,-S'n'
The number of by-psssed T.,,
nese garrisons n the pacis s'ga'
formidable, The first big ''' u
passing job was done at Attu. IT..
took care OF itself when the ,,. ~'
son at Kiska evacuated. 'N'''
The second was by Adr.jraI u,
sey's old south Paci ic conn.s,
forces at Bougainville. The T~
press Augusta landing isol;t..
fairly heavy enemy forces at Cas
seoul island in the northern Sora,
mons, Shorthand islands and ,onb
Bougainville. As near as snvoc,
knows these forces are still .h.,,
although they have been redr,ss
IN numbers and nave been cut NJ
for more than lS months.
Bougainville itsel, Originally MN,
tanned about $4,000 japanese I'M
the Melbourne radio says this force
has been reduced to about l2.MN
During two fights here in Mover.
Der and December OF l943 and IN
March of 1914 American Mar No,
and Army units killed between 10.
900 and $1,000. Australians wbo
TOOK over from the American,
about a year ago have killed an.
other 5000. The Melbourne radio
estimates about $1,000 more died
of sickness caused by lack Of med.
cal supplies.
Landings at Green island, and
at Gasmata and Cape Gloucesg
on New Britain isolated the strug
and well-stocked garrison at Ra,
baul. Although smashed from tie
sea and air for almost two years
tn force is still formidable. Land.
ings at Emirau island and the At.
miralties isolated about 10000
more Nipponese at Kaviens, Neg
Ireland. and completed encircle
ment OF Rabaul. This force tN
has been hammered at grea
length from the air but is Still |
rated strong.
The Hollandia operation isolate
the formidable Wewak garrison sH
this concentrat on was pretty We
dissipated by subsequent tights b
Americans on the Drinimour rive
near Aitape, British New Gulaa
and by more recent Australian d
fensives.
The central Pacific is full olf
lands still occup ed by Japanes'
the strongest being Truk atoll
the Carolines. This force has bee
estimated at $4,000.
The Marshall and Gilbert islana
never have been cleaned out
notably Maloelap and Jalult. wax
is still occupied by japanese a.
though that garrison is known
be weak. Admiral Nimltz recen'N
permitted a japanese hospital shy
to evacuate the sick from wax
West o. the Gilberts, once-fofD"r
able Maurau still contains an VII
known number OF Nipponese' W.
laei in the Carolines - S"OD'
enough to command the a''eII'V-
of our bombers for many "eeN'
remains in japanese hands
Almost every one OF Nss
Arthur's landings in the OtN1
New Guinea campaign left jay
anese garrison behind - Manor .a,
war;, sarong, and one or w. ~,
forces in McCleur gulf on u"
south coast ..,f
Our best psychological V'.I 4
efforts failed to influence oil.
these garrisons to give up' PEW, ano
ness and starvation, dlsappea. .,
of supply ships, mounflns al .r,i,ss
sea power of the Americans a., =, ,r
not the faintest sueseSnoh u W,
render. In no place d d they
On the vine" although IN SOM.
the smaller islands and IN SOM N.
The least healthy jungle s[e q, rr,
unorestionably diminished IN , nv,
bers and strength. In o'hsi ~
they lived well off tine coan.' r..
For a time in BousSl1'. wed
New Britain our aviatof s.t n-.
discourage the farm NJ :. et snrar!rl
tae isolated japanese by Sp asy,
oil on their gardens. They H,. S so,a
up when the gardens, IN .as . ksf
# one Ter got as big as -
sas. wheat farm. and ii
1T It was IN these islands land al ana NV d
Jungle that the American o aoss e
:StS acquainted with , .sp'n to ~
nacity and his rev'l.,l londe ~ 4
49, ,,,oooc+'no surTendel .,,>
m;11iag S to- wager there are 9 . i.
S M.es1't thousand o. cls in the P' tss
who are almost no ,bs ssnps'"