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Show The Cache American. Lojran. Cache County, Utah Pare Two Marine Fliers Triumph Over Perils of Air and Sea; Combat Correspondents Recount Tales of Heroism (Fdilar's Sergeant Survives After 32 Days on Darren Blands For days he was missing in action. His comrades In a marine corps flying unit in the Guadalcanal area had long given up hope of seeing him again. Cut Sergeant Bill CofTecn came back. Shaggy and lean, he stepped out of a navy rescue plane. He told of surviving storms, blistering sun and infection and living for 32 days on a coconut diet. The last 40 days he was missing, friendly natives cared for him. 72 not; The fulltmint fud Today SUIT Scrgt. William I. Jr., 23, whose parrnU live at 3(8 North Lotus street, Chicago, 111., la at naval bate hospital being treated for malaria and malnutrition. "I got off on the wrong foot that morning of April 13 and ended up the fame way," began Coileen. "My plane barely missed the trretops at 1 took off from Henderson Field. A guide light at the end of the atrip blinded me. We were to escort navy torpedo bombera on a mission. "Within aight of land between Ko. lombangara and Choisrul islands. I suddenly noticed my engine smok-InMy oil line was leaking. "Losing altitude rapidly and fearing the motor would explode, I decided to bale out "It seemed that I hit the water just a few teconds after my parachute opened. "I pulled the cord on my life Jacket, but it failed to inflate. It had been punctured. I pulled my rubber raft out and inflated it The paddle wai missing. "The water was calm, but 30 minutes later a storm bit. High waves tossed my small rubber raft about like a toothpick, and overturned it Into the water went all of my medical supplies and emergency rations. All I had left was the clothing I was wearing, and my hunting knife and pistol. "After I righted the raft I started paddling with my hands. I still was In sight of land. In I heard the familiar drone of our fighter plane motors it was my flight returning from the strike on which I had let out that morning. "Several of the planes flew low and almost directly over me. 1 fired five shots from my pistol and waved the white raft sail, but they failed to see me. "I started paddling with my hands toward land. On the way, sharks swished by the raft Reaches Small Island. ' "I slept in a sitting position that night Long before daybreak I started again for land. The sea was calm. Near sundown the second day out 1 finally reached the shore of a small island. I was exhausted, hungry and thirsty. When I reached the beach of the coconut grove island I realized I made a grave mistake by tossing my shoes overboard after the storm. My socks were the only protection for my feet. "I gathered two coconuts, cut holes in them with my knife, drank the juice, then broke them open and ate the meat. It was the first liquid and food I had had in nearly 48 hours. "I stayed on this island three days. It was uninhabited and I knew I would die if I stayed there. "Far away I could see a larger island and decided on the fifth day to strike out for it I was growing weak from the coconut diet. Sergt. William I. Colleen Jr. "After along the coast all that day with a blazing sun days he hardly Believed me. He baking me, I made the next island told me that white men could not at dusk. It was studded with coco- live that long on the sea and in the jungle. The native was a converted nut trees like the first island. He had been "Next morning I decided to try Seventh Day Adventist missionaries. for another island. It took me all taught English by felt stronger the next day. By that day to reach it. It was the same the"I third I was able to walk no landed when there I food, once more.day story decided to take They no fresh water, no life. me in a canoe to their village, where Arm and Foot Infected. I was given American food canned "My left arm was' swollen to meat and potatoes. On the second twice its normal size overnight. day in the village the infection in My right foot was also infected. my foot was lanced. I realized blood poison was devel"During my stay in the native viloping, so I cut open the source of lage I was stricken with malaria. Infection with my knife, and bathed I was given queenie, native name my arm in salt water for more than for quinine. My body was bathed in an hour. I was relieved somewhat fresh water and lime. Within five and decided to move on. That mornWhile days the fever disappeared. ing I tried to drink coconut juice, with the natives I regained 20 of but I Just couldn't get it down. the 40 pounds I had lost. When I "As I paddled along the shore I arrived at the native village I saw what appeared to be a weighed about 115 pounds. house near the end of the On the 72nd day after I had paraIsland. chuted into the sea, a navy rescue "The house proved a greater dis- plane landed off shore near the tance away than I had estimated; native village. Cof-Ur- n n t hand-paddlin- g red-roof- v v My. M Twelve fighter pilots of my squadron had been out on a routine escort mission. We were sent to escort a group of marine dive bombers on a foray against the airfield at Munda and were returning to Henderson on Jap-hel- d Guadalcanal." Major R. L. Vroome. U. S. M, C.. was telling a group of fighter pilots about Sgt Cilbert Hem, an gunner from State Center, Iowa. "Somehow in the fracas I got. separated from my formation, went on the major. "As I heeded homeward I received a radio warning that one of our dive bombers was In trouble. "I found it a good mile south of me at about 5,000 feet The pilot hanging half way out of the bombers Sergeant Gilbert Henze cockpit, his helmet gone, hit clothes ripped to shreds. "I asked by radio, is your pilot alive?" 'I don't know air! he answered, 'we got hit by a burst of shrapnel about 20 minutes ago, and he has been that way ever since. Can you, or have you ever flown a plane No air, he answered. 'Do you think that you can keep her level and follow my Instructions?' Yes sir, I sure can try. The first thing I want you to do then is to release that 1,000 pound bomb,' Cant Release Bomb. ' I can't release it sir, it can only be done from the front cockpit.' "I peered anxiously ahead. Below and just visible lay the shoreline of Guadalcanal. If we could make it I could signal for a crash boat or any kind of a boat and then if I could get the kid to follow my instructions I would try to bring him in by water. Then I heard the kid shout over his radio, My engine just sputtered then, sir. She must be out of gas. "Thats the last word I heard over my radio for suddenly it too went dead. I could see the kid working frantically on the stick as the bomber went into a sickening glide. With my radio dead I frantically signaled for the kid to jump. If he saw me he failed to notice. Then I saw his head and shoulders emerge from the cockpit. I saw him Suddenclutching for his ly I saw his body, parachute and all, shoot upward as the trailing edge of the plane hit him. No man could live under such an impact. "I followed the chute downward in tight circles. I could see a huge i vent In the shrouds. The kids body dangled from the harness. A few minutes later it hit the water with a splash. I brought my plane within a few feet of the water. As I passed over the spot where the kid had fallen all I could see was his yellow Mae West.' As I headed for home I prayed that the kid was unconscious when he hit, at least this would spare him any suffering before he drowned. I happened to be sitting by our radio a few days later. A flier had been picked up by some friendly natives. He was conscious when found, and though suffering from multiple wounds and fractures, had a better than 0 chance to survive. I learned later that the tail of the plane had severed his right leg below the knee. (Editorg note: Sergeant Henze was returned to the States and died at the V. S. naval hospital, Mare Island, California. lie was buried at Hillside cemetery, State Center, Iowa) rip-cor- 50-5- , S' , l. A iy. J 't tv ' tiMBfeaew Post-W- Peace Plans ar Majority of American People Ask Participation in International Organization To Maintain Harmony. By BAUKHAGE AW Analytl and Commentator. RYC Service, CbIm Treat Building Waahlngt , D. C. Slowly tha pattern of America'i post-wa- r plana art taking ahapa, but only tha pattern. When congresa returned. It wai evident that no matter how much disagreement there might be at to tha details of tha role tha United States will play in tha post-wa- r world, tha people have registered one idea: they want to taka part in lome kind of an international organization to maintain peace. Tha same opinion turned up in tha conversation of three members of congress of widely differing political sentiments with whom I talked shortly after they returned. Speaker Sam Rayburn told me that the one phrase which received the most applause in the speeches he made in the Southwest was when he said that the United States must do a man's Job for peace. Two leading Republican senators expressed the same idea, namely, that the people teem to be of one mind that America must join in some kind of international effort after the war to maintain peace. The disagreements in congress are chiefly a difference in degree and represent a discussion, for the most part, over details that nobody expects congress to decide in advance anyhow. Of course, there are two things which make for lack of harmony; one ia tha natural desire of each political party to criticize the other in a campaign year; tha other la tha effort of small groups to get over their own particular ideas. Secretary of State Hull, In hla speech of September 12, made it plain that tha administration was In favor of an International organization which would agree to use force to maintain peace Implying that the United State would offer Its armed force in collaboration with other nation to stop aggression. He went further on the subject than any official so far but there has been a feeling on the part of many members of congress that the people would support such a policy. Pooling of Resources Meanwhile, the public has gradually come to the realization that Winston Churchill, as the king's first minister with plenary powers, and President Roosevelt, as commander-in-chie- f and, therefore, with similar authority, have agreed that the United States and Britain will pool their military resources not only until the fighting ends, but until the emergency is ended. They will do this merely by continuing the committee of joint chiefs of staff. They have made it plain that they consider the emergency, or as an official spokesman for the United States described it, "a period of will not end until the transition, last peace treaties are signed. In other words, the United States and Great Britain intend, as long as the emergency exists, to take part in an organization to establish and maintain the peace by means of what amounts to a military alliance between the two nations. Prime Minister Churchill was ready to sign a written agreement which would include Britains pledge to remain our ally and continue the war with us until Japan was beaten that much he told the newsmen the President had and he add-- l, said it was not necessary, that his word was good enough. Presumably, the written agreement would have Included the continuation of the joint committee of the chiefs of staff, too. But written or unwritten, such pact now exists. It is, therefore, clear that the President intends, if he remains in office, to maintain an Interim arrangement which will keep this country an active factor in world affairs to the point where its policies will be supported by military action. This will be of indefinite length, as Churchill put it, until it can be shown that a better arrangement, including all nations, can be found to sup- plant it In one sense, therefore, it is less Important what decision the congress or the administration makes right now as to its foreign policy since there will be plenty of time for the people to become fully acquainted with the whole situation during the .transition period when BRIEFS V, , In Crippled Bomber when night fell I still was several miles from it Out I had something to look forward to and I slept better that night "I reached the beach near tha house at of tha next day. I hid my raft in tha bush and approached tha building, fearful that It wai occupied by Japs. 1 saw a sign that read Solomon Developing Company, Sydney, Australia . I soon learned that tha building was part of an abandoned coconut plantation, "I stayed at tha plantation housa five days. On tha sixth day I gathered soma limes and oranges and started traveling again. In the distance I could see the tip of a large island, with the peak of a mountain rising above the clouds. I decided to make this island my next objective. "When I landed I soon found that I had made another bad move. I found no life; only cliffs and mountains. However, there was plenty of fresh water my first in approximately 27 days. "I finally decided that I would retrace my steps and try to make It back to the first Island on which I landed. I started out the next morning and barely made it back to the plantation house. The infection in my hand had cleared, but my foot was swollen from infection. Frayed for Direction. "That night I planned what I decided would probably be my final attempt to contact life. I prayed to God Almighty to send me in the right direction. Tomorrow, I decided 1 J ma&e for the other side of the big island. "Near dusk on the fourth day, as I had barely enough strength in my arms to paddle, a storm broke and gradually I was carried out to sea. The lait I remember I started to scream, and then I passed outl I was told later that a high wind blew me into shore. When I regained consciousness I was in the arms of a native. You American or Jap? the native inquired In his best pidgin English. 'I'm American, I told him. American, you good, he replied. "Those were the best words I believe I have ever heard in my life. I knew then that I had been rescued. I couldnt walk. My rescuer carried me to his hut not far from the beach. I asked the date and he told me it was May 15. When I told him I had been lost since April 13 32 .. Nation to Be Active Factor Gunner Attempts To Bring Home It, inn were written br Lumbal of the L mtrd Stain manna tor ft i. T) pu at of I ha work of these fighting arum, lha first u at by Staff Sr r grunt 0 tlham I. t offrrn Jr., ai told to Staff Srr grant Harry Holier. J h srrond mi nr trn by Srr grant fen T, JohntonJ n id rj MnfrSMtUntYet rock-strew- n islet of the South Pacific. On snch a one Sergeant Coffeen landed, after floating for days on his small rubber raft. Fortunately he found some coconuts, for he had lost his food and water supplies. Although more than 1,500 chaplains now serve in the navy, the coast guard and the marine corps, more must be added. Emblem of the government war food program is a market basket carried by an arm and hand obviously belonging to Uncle Sam. Over the basket is the theme "Food fights for freedom. two of tha strongest nations remain united. The Important thing, course, I to obtain tha of tha third most powerful nation, Russia. And that ia what 1 on tha fir right now. Until w know a litU mor about Russlat views and intentions, it will be impossible to mako a detailed plan for the postwar world. Battle of Italy Beginning of End As I writ these lines, the startled moon has Just slipped behind a jagged curtain of clouds, like a transport .sliding under the protecting cloak of a smoke screen. That comparison leaps to my mind because all day I have been following, as you have and as closely as either of us could, tha progress of the greatest military undertaking which an American army has attempted in this war the battle of Italy. For the battle of Italy is the storming of the very portals of the Reich, the outer rim, it is true, but nonetheless, the first breastworks of Hitler's inner fortress. Here, for the first time, American soldiers, hardened on the harsh sands of Africa and the cruel hill of Sicily, meet the guardsmen of the Nazi citadel. Not a army, diluted by a ally, Italy, but dogged German fighters defending the gateway to their own, their native land. The end of the beginning has ended, the beginning of the end has begun. And we who bav watched every sign and every signal at tha curtain between what wa thought and what wa knew wai lifted, realize bow little we and the world can guest of the inner and complicated workings of this great war machine. As the armies of the Allies attack tha enemy citadel the leaders of the Allies, Roosevelt and Churchill, plan a new edifice. The Invasion of Sicily and the invasion of Italy were planned at Casablanca where, for 24 hours, the few newsmen who were permitted to know, kept the secret of the meeting itself. Beside the historic waters of the St. Lawrence, in the citadel at Quebec, the marching orders were sealed while we newsmen waited, blinded and deafened to all but the most general ideas. What are those marching orders? Some other startled moon will telL Civilian Defense Proves Its Worth As Germany begins the defense of her inner fortress and the Luftwaffe has been converted from an offensive to a defensive machine the problem of keeping up the morale of Civilian Defense in this country is a difficult one. It would be foolhardy to lie down on the job now for history has shown that frequently fierce and bitter conflicts grow out of victories and until the last shot is fired and after that, it isn't safe to desert the ramparts. Recently the value of civilian defense training was proved in a manner which received very little recognition outside of the immediate vicinity. When the Congressional Limited, the crack train that runs between New York and Washington, was wrecked in Philadelphia, when the Twentieth Century Limited, another crack train between Chicago and New York, was wrecked, and when a hotel burned in Houston, Texas, the civilian defense organiOn all zation proved its mettle. three occasions, invaluable service was rendered by these unselfish men and women who have so long answered mock alarms and gone on duty for practice drills. It was definitely shown that in the case of the wreck of the Congressional Limited and in the Houston fire lives were actually saved by the defense workers. In Philadelphia a group of air raid wardens meeting near the scene of the wreck were the first to arrive on the scene. In a short time 7,500 trained workers were at work assisting police and helping the rescue. 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