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Show Logan Soldier Tells of Saipan The story of how anti-aircraft gunners silenced "Saipan Sam," Japanese nocturnal air raiders formerly known as "Washmachine Charlie,'' was revealed in a letter let-ter written by Corporal J. Grant Robbins, to his mother, Mrs. William Wil-liam T. Robbins, 292 East Second South street, Logan. "I received some mail a few days after we landed and were hugging our fox holes pretty close because of Saipan Sam and a few of his buddies," he explained. ex-plained. "They kept coming over and dropped a few bombs about the same time each night. "After a few nights the A A guns got tired of it and opened up. They got Sam and one of his buddies and ' the soldiers and Marines stood up and cheered as though they were at a football game. Since then they have kept clear of this place." Corporal Robbins reiterated the tough campaign and said many enemy soldiers had killed themselves them-selves by holding grenades against their stomach. "We have been shelled from Tinlan island, but they are getting a little of their own medicine back now." He described briefly the houses that were left standing and commented com-mented on the apparent backwardness backward-ness of the people who lived there, their crude stoves and other appliances. ap-pliances. "There are lots of bicycles around and we have been riding on them. The batteries have com-mandered com-mandered a couple of Jap trucks that are very similar to those made by Henry Ford." He closed his letter with the note that "it is getting dark and I must straighten up my foxhole for the nijht so we can get some ;Icep." |