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Show , Doctor Devises Helmet For Fliers Japs Attack Wounded Amencans Too Many Head Wounds inspires Invention Marines Telt Of Incidents (INS) OAKLAND, Calif. accounts of Graphic the bloody American victory at Tarawa were related today by returning heroes at the Oak Knoll Naval Hospital. in. Oakland. That the 'Jens "tri6d to get at our casualties stretched on the beach" was revealed by plc., Clift N. Laperruque, 21, of Los Angeles, who was in the first ss - , , - wave to storm the midPacilic "One worked his way around to us through the water, clinging to the coral with his fingers,' Laperruque said. "He was loaded with grenades. lie dashed at us and was about to throw his his first: charge when a marine standing guard ran him through with his bayonet. When the tide went out Sunday morning," said Private John J. Strycharaz of Easthampton, Mass., "all we could see was the dead bodies of marines who had to wade through the ocean.4,That made They didn't have I chance. we "After got started, we didn't have time to get scared. The first time I felt funny was Sunday morning when I opened any K ration for breakfast. was lifting some food to my .- - ' - mouth, when a stray bullet Aknocked I shook for the next ten minutes." Private Richard G. Lund Jr., Minneapolis, Minn., hit by a buiof his right - - let in the upper part chest, was spun around and "fell in the waterI got up, though, where a fellow radio operof ator, Private Kent Myers, first aid.- -- - and stopped the blood from floV6 ing for a while. I was mad he-cause I got knocked out so early In the fight, I stayed with other wounded during theheigh the battle behind a sea will the - beach, 4 Cieveland-,--077appbe- if. Jape had , built with and - logS AkT coconuts." By Hal Boyle AMERICAN AIR, BASE IN , , ITALY s Newman Baird, of a medical officer' with Hoffman, Morton, Penn., rode an amphibious tractor, with it machine guns the Fifteenth air force, la a methblazing, into the beach to spear.. odical'mansK For 16 years he' has had the first attack on the Jai). been, studying 'problems in avi, held stronghold. medicine and recently "Their defenses were little ation short of amazing," Baird declar: charts made tinder his Isupervi ed. "We had orders to hold our sion disclosed that from 14 to 27 fire until we got to within 200 per cent of combat casualties in yards of the beach. Then we fighter and bomber planes result,- started to let them have it. The Jape withheld their fire until ed from head wounds. we were about 75 yards away. "In one type of bomber, head Then they ,cut loose. were the leading cause wounds "By the time we got within of injury," he said, "and in two 30 yards of the beach, most of our crew was dead. We were other bomber types the number going up against a Moot conof head wounds were second only crete sea wall 'erectedjust off to the number of leg, we.utds.", were the beach, and facing This 'astonished lloyman, be- -' crisscross machine gun fire cause are aviators issued the same as well am some bigger stuff as ground t that we called guns ,steel comhat, helmets troops. Finally he learned the and mortars. I was shot In both shoulders and sprinkled, reasonthe air crewmen sirriplY weren't wearing their helmets:-Thewith small bits , of shrapne4 complained they didn't but managed to get into the fit well over their fleece-line- d beach. I found cover along leather helmets," he said, "a n d with three others of our crew, "I saw a small group of ma- also that the .steel helmet was too tight. The pressure cut off 'rines try to take Cone emplacement with grenades and machine circulation at high altitudes a n d caused their ears to freeze' gun fire, and fail. Then, a maThe 35year-olmedical .officer rine set off a big explosive right at the entrance. Finally, a flame set out to find a simple remedy. tLoui Private , anti-boa- Then he set a space'in the fiber lining so the earphones would fit snugly and put metal snaps in the sweatband and webb1ng,110 that another helmet could be attached tooit firmly. The result is a helmet that fur, fishes maximum protection; yet rides well on the head. It safeo guards against concussion. b u t doesn't cut off circulation. "I've distributed the screwlacks to flight surgeons in each squad. ron," said Hoffman. "and each combat flier can fix his own helmet with very little effort. If they do so, I'm sure the number of head wounds.will decrease. If it saves only one life it'll be worth the trouble." . Featuring Another in a series of talks of special interest to newcomers in this area by John Fulowmar II 7 , yowl ,1), clb City. :Until dont . V, 1,a 1 4'qt AR A20; the setting for holi. day gatherings your home can contribute much to the cheery mood of the occasionand gifts of fur . niture ere sure to be ap- LAS API 10. - - predated. of le; 44f si0 rile ...Hi, - , ),t ' 1 Yorrnor Mayor of Salt La. ahauclscrewjacir , I 4017' An Hour of Worship - '4$ x latik with a right and left,hand screw by which the steel helmet could be stretched to any desired ize the Place for a long time. And after all,thatil a live Jan popped up- - at another exit. They must have had long tunnels way underground ponnecting many of sociated Presi war correspondent, their gun was confined in Poland. Lieut. Frank Diggs wrote that Allen was a fellow prisoner in Letter Discloses Oflag 64, in Poland near the vil . Writer In Poland-lage of Schubin. Allen was cap. British-tured during an unsuccessful Mrs naval- BALTIMORE. landing- tn- Libya, and of Linthicum held prisoner in Italy before the Tracey Diggs Heights, Md. said today she had Allied invasion of that country. received a letter from her hu- Diggs was taken prisoner after sbandin a German prison camp being wounded in the leg during the invasion of Sicily. diselosingthatLarrSr Anent Niz, A-- d ed hand. - December 48;1943- ttahSaturday, - Taraircil In THE CHRISTMAS NEWS Sal Lake' elty, Mission of tho Church of hulas of Latter day Saint. THE CENTER block mirth AT it LOV ELY-- 2- HALL SUNDAY, INTEREST Radiate and Hospitality , CHOIR: - OF Let Musk by VitsILFORD WARD I BAIR-AT- Nei). YOUR LIVING ROOM Christ - warmth, These P I EC E - SU I TES -- Sofa and big easy lounge chairs in colorful nylon velvet Christmas gnpritit -1- IFT I Rotel INN 2 P. M. I 400P CHRISTMAS : , ; (111 ' Just 1- tr.i.:27 PLIII F01111110CliERS CHRISTMAS 3 245 $ 0,- , ESTATE SPECIALS 3 45 4459 HEATROLA e choirs. 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