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Show ' Convoy Stuns Natives On Okinawa Okinawa Their first glance of the tremendous convoy which transported Marines to this island shocked 11 silent, glum-faced Oki-nawan Oki-nawan civilian refugees in a five-minute five-minute case of terrified hysterics, according to Sgt. Elvis Lane, a Marine Corps combat correspondent. correspond-ent. The Okinawans, ranging from 10 to 60 years, were ferreted out of caves two miles inland and they first saw the convoy when they they reached the crest of a hill near the beach. For a moment they stood paral lyzed, their mouths open. Then they commenced shouting at each other, their eyes wide with fright. Two men dropped to their knees and tried to kiss the hands of a Marine. A woman sobbed and kept pointing to the Marine and the ships. A ten-year old girl bowed her head so often she looked like a bobbing cork. tl took five minutes of coaxing and an occasional pat on the butt of hia carbine before the guard got the Okinawans assembled again for their march to the refugee camp. |