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Show Many Separate Landings, Assaults Made by Marines CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO. Few outsiders realize how many separate landings and assaults on beaches are made by marines in the course of what appears in the newspapers as a single operation. The mopping-up which accompanies accompan-ies a major victory may involve a series of landings to clear out small forces on all the little adjacent atolls. The experiences of Pfc. James B. Leas of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, bear this out, says "The Leatherneck." Leas was radio man in the amphibious am-phibious tank assigned to the commanding com-manding officer of a task force of 300 men. Their job was to scour the small islands and atolls, destroy- ing radio stations and cleaning out garrisons. All in all, Leas participated par-ticipated in 37 such combat landings, land-ings, aU of which took place within the space of a few days. And this during a period when he had been sent back to Kwajalein for a rest. |