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___December 21, ‘1944
A YEAR AGO — TARAWA
.
By JOHN B. GARRETT, Sp. 1/¢
(Coast Guard Combat
Correspondent)
This surviving group of men held
the island, alone and under fright-
{ful conditions, for most of the first
floated the bodies of hundreds of
their buddies.
Back on the transport,
tarted to receive casualties
titude and expression on the
f Laese men revealed more
thousand words could describe
A year ago the Marines hit Tar-
awa. They landed with high opti-]
mism: there wasn't a man among |
them who wasn't in high spirits, for
they iad seen the task pour
its heaviest shells into the island
for interminably long hours, And
they that the Army Alr Force had been through the
had been pounding the island for nightmares
days with blockbusters and daisy It is impossible to describe lucid-
cutters (antipersonnel bombs) ly or even coherently the course of
3-day battle, I remember get-
in a Higgins boat at noon the
we had
force faces
they
Knew
the
il ting
second day
jetty under no worse than sporadic
wr | fire
I lived on the island for two days
aw the Marines swoop victor-
lously over it, There were many un-
forgetable scenes which af-
ter a year still remain vivid in mem-
ory and are best forgotten, But out
that bloody shambles we came
with the knowledge that the
oad to Tokyo, no matter what ob-
{stacles it presents, will Inevitably
l American Pon
a bitterly
Land
“Hit the beach
hell!"
And t
ISion did jus
cenes
ol
LWAaY
1 more casualties in rela-
to number men inv
Marine md ever hereto- | be Ur
larawa wa
tory; for the Japs it wa
g on the wall
nbat correspondents are always
and to forego
of oninion, hut
this first anni-
of Tarawa,
down long
tion ol ved
than the aveled by force:
won vice
the hand-
fore flered In andi jy} u
type
to overwrite
onal expressions
who,
one mn
¢ battle
to what
the best
men Wis
WOUNDED SOLDIER WAS
WILLIAMSON STUDENT
Fred W. Hall, 20, son of Mr
Jesse Hall, of Unionville
was reported to have
Pvt
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Was
called ervice
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to begin Army training.
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Loraine Hugill, who is
Fort Bliss, Texas, remem-
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friend? Hurry, it's almost too late for us
to telegraph your order for Christmas
flowers. Remember, nothing you can say or
do excells the completeness of flowers in
expressing love and affection.
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See Our Display in Former Dutch Dairy Room
afternoon. Behind them, in the sea,
than a |
worst of |
and Ditting the Tarawa |
The at-|§
Flight OfMicer Roscoe EB. Harris
Flight Harris
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ly wounded December 1 10e
erving in the in- FLL
Pvt. James R. Immel
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Lands in England
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Griffith of
Philipsburg have received word
from their son Sgt. Beam Griffith
that he has landed and is stationed
somewniiere in England A
law, Cpl. Joseph Hoffman
spent fourteen months in
cific theater of war, is now
in Prance
sn
who had
the Pa
stationed
-
Toe Germans are
{last ecards and hoping that the
United Nations will fall apart as a
{result of some petty squabble. Watch
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THE CENTRE DEMOCRAY, BELCEFORTE, PA.
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On this glorious day we want to
express our sincere thanks for your
patronage during the past year,
to wish each and everyone of you
Christmas cheer unlimited, and
bright and shining fulfillment of
your hope in 1945!
Hoy’s Flowers
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Rev. Clarence E. Arnold, pastor
Fourth Sunday in Advent,Decem-
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10:46 a. m., the service, with the
singing of (Oe familiar carols by the
congregation and a number of the
lesser known by the choir: a sketch
by Mrs
day school class, and an address on
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by the pastor. 11 p. m., the Candle.
Heit Vigll Service with the Junior
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{volees Jeading the music, An instru.
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{carols during the gathering of the
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