50,000 Japs fall in Luzon campaign
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- 50,000 Japs fall in Luzon campaign
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- The Freeman Volume I (Issue No. 5) June 1945
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- 1945
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- U.S. Pres. Outlines War Moves LT.-COL. ABCEDE COMMENDED DY MMOR-GEN. RAPP BRUSH 43th Div. Co mu mding General Praises Colonel And His Men For “Splendid Service Rendered.” Deeds Are Milestones On The Path To Libration And Peace L’.eut.'-Cül* Saividor Abcede, i'Oinm’.nde.r of the Negros Wand forces, Seventh Military District, PA. today (June 1) was com mended by Maj.-Gen.. Rapp Brush, commanding general of the veteran 40ih Infantry Division. General Brush commended the colonel and his troops for °the splendid service rendered” the 4)th Division since it landed M i rc h 2 3 o n I\ eg r o ?. The genéralos praise was based co the comb it perform nice of the Filipino soldiers both before and after the return of the liberating American armed forces. Since the initial 40th landing, 7MD officers and enli«tedmen h&ve 8ucees sf ully excc . ted numerons comb it missions assigned them by General Bru^h. ((Í:>H t i »» Ur. <¡ Oil //</(?< Processing of 7MD Personnel Begins Processing started in 7MD 20 i May 45 The f'rst unit processed * was the 74th Infantry Regiment i stationed at Bacolod City. ■ I '-ch of adequate transporta- | tion facilities did not prevent ! officers and soldiers on AWOL i to report to their i ost and stations for processing. Even those who left the island came just on time. (Con in ned on pag< *) I Gov. Montelibano ¡ ' Back from Manila A ‘.ting Govem-. ir A If redo Mon " • tel.ñuño arrived in Baco! d at 8p -it 4 June 45. after h ;i rb-’ sencc of more than four week*, l oe governor ‘ v/.ir - optim^M-' over the rescdD cf'h’s co .fere v es , wi • h li i^h Com non we i-th ofn~ ci.i's in MnCibi. The prob'ems be to k up during his stay in Manila con , cerned currency. status of our ■ • o 1 flí’?:rs, "Cigar, government em- ¡ payment, and r v h a bi ¡i í a t: o n and 1 re :•'» - st raction ’ “1 have c r.ferr d with Gm. i’ Z/rCO'- O 50,000Japs Fallin I i Luzon Campaign | i MANILA. 31 V ay 45 . . Tree? s '• ' of the First Corps of the IT. S. I ! (hli Army have killed almost I 5<i npo J pq i> North Luzon at i a co’t of less Mian 10.000 Ame- ¡ ri'-an so'dier*, kided, wounded I ; and missing, according t» Maj. 1 i Gen. Innis Swift. Corps Com" I [ mander, and added tb.it *214 i i e emy tank* were destroyed i ¡ against re ligb'o lofts 'cf Ame- | rmn armor. The C rps. now poised for h dri'-e into the fertile ''agayan Valiev in .Northern Luzin, reached their present pos;tions after ovorcomiru Jap r-«’«tn* *e which k>W;fr Slid Wss ”?g fu-rco i wo’ds ccu’d not describe it.” Th? Jnps were cleared out of c,iVp.; dee; eight feet in inour.tdi;’ m.. r:-y a mile high in ViiU Verde, f jacent to Caga yan VaPvy• Primary Ta>k To Win War In Japan Completely, Quickly Pays * High Tribute To leadership Of President Roosevelt W ASHINGTON, 3 June 45Pres:dent Truman, in a special message to Congress today eaid. “The primary task facing this nation Í9 to win the war in Japan, to win it completely. aiid to win it as quickly possi ole ” He outlined in detail the preb’e T:8. difficulties and dangers wh ch confront the U. S. in finishing the war against Japan, ••id the it :aimer in which Afflcric.A plans to meet and over come thorn. The President Bait’ th? U. S. military policy for the defeat of Japan calls for: 1. Pinning down Japanese force? where they now are and keeping them divided so they can he destroyed piece by piece. 2. Concentrating overwhelmir'g power on each segment wh’C'i we attack. 3. Using ships, aircraft, armor. nrtilier.v ¿nd other materials ir. rn^qive concentrations to gain victory w t) as small loss ol life as possible. 4. Applying relentless am’ increasing pressure to the enemy by sea, air and on land so that he cxn.iot. rest, reorganize or i. CmCi n oe<l on page 3} • Okinawa Fighting Neers Conclusion Guam. 3 Jone 45.. Major Gon. John R. Hodge, 24th Corps Cum ra der of the lCkh .Army on Okinawa, declared that only mud appears to be holding up conclusión < f the battle cn Okinawa He expressed doubt if the enemy, now crushed around Shuri town, could muster a depleted strength for an effective Let ditch stand, for he saw (Continued on page 5)