Show F i j 5 it j r Corp Corporal r Dee M. M Gill m I IWas Was hospitalized hospitalize l for r. r th months Marine Declares Japs T o gh When Led Right RightA A young Salt Lake leatherneck leatherneck- veteran of the Guadalcanal campaign campaign cam cam- and nd the landing on on Tarawa in the Gilbert il islands has ha a healthy respect for forthe the as a fighting man as aa long a as th the J Jap Japhas p has intelligent leaders with him H He is Corporal Dee M M. yr Gill Gm 19 son of of Mr and Mrs Harry West South Temple street who is on leave visiting friends friends' and relatives in S Salt lt Lake City Corporal Gill a graduate of West West if f high school enlisted in tHe tEe tHema malines marines marines ma- ma rines lines one month to the day following following fol fol- lowing the Nip atta attack tta k o on Pearl Harbor He received hl hit hl boot training at the m marine matine base at San Diego Gal cat and nd left f for r overseas ver over seas lIeas d duty ty July 1 1942 la landing with the first ass assault gro group p on Guadalcanal L Wounded by bylo Mortar lo tar The small haired darc-haIred youth spent six months on G Guadalcanal al and was was wo wounded J in 1 Ja January u ry 1943 He lIe received his wounds when he with several sever l oth other r marines marines ma ma ma- rines rilles was waS wai an on a scouting patrol patr l' l lon on the densely foliaged ls island c We UVe were vre re in a line when a a. a Jap Jip mortar shell landed and md burst bunt Inthe Inthe in inthe the center enter of ot our party I received wounds in the leg ar and eye and land was sent to a receiving hospital and later to one in New Zealand Altogether I IWas was was hospitalized for three months said Corporal GilL He He told of the cunning an and trickery of f the enemy He Ife related related ed how one Jap Who wh had infiltrated behind the Yank lines kept 1 shouting 1 Cease C s e firing b but t. t his v voice ce evidently was quieted a short shortt t time me later The Japs are good fighters as long as they have in intelligent In- In Headers rs B But their cnn cun ning as individuals is' is nil As Ase evi evidence dence of the the fact tact fact one oner Jap d to penetrate our lines wearing his own uniform and carrying a ft United States mall mal bag h con he on- on Corporal Gill gave the impression that this was was' aJ once that the mail didn't go through Hollow S Feeling Fol his Following hOspitalization he left on maneuvers and nd then was wu am among ng one one of of- the first first groups ps t to toland toland land on T Tarawa rawa which was as probably probably probably ably the most Dost violent b battIe of ot marine corps history as If far r as as' as casualties were concerned The young young- marine didn't t have haye much ch to say about the ac action ion on Tarawa except that i it was wa rath rather f heay heavy Commenting on his Q own personal feelings prior to landing fro front from th the ships he sa said d he h d. d p. p hollow feeling in his stomach h He added that that- he would rather rathers spend six months on Gu Guadalcanal Guadalcanal- d l than four tour days dayson on Tarawa Of Guadalcanal he added that it gr grated grat grat- t. t ed on ones one's nerves The idea of ot the dense jungle and not knowing i when the Japs would strike being the main cause Corporal Gill Is scheduled to return to a base bue in California on January 2 29 for or further orders |