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Show Four Japs Praying in Church Taken by Yankee AT SEVENTH AAF BASE, MARIANAS MARI-ANAS ISLANDS. Sgt. Harry Bo. zarth, Trenton, N. J., decided recently re-cently to inspect a fancy building the Japanese had constructed on this island. He found four Japanese soldiers sol-diers inside. His first impulse was to-open to-open fire. He hesitated a moment and then took the Japanese as prisoners. pris-oners. Asked later why he had not fired on the numerically superior enemy, the sergeant said: "I suddenly sud-denly realized that the building was a Jap church and that the four soldiers sol-diers were at worship. Somehow, it didn't seem right to shoot people in church." |