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Four hours and 15 minutes after the first troops landed, American infantry was two and a half miles inland, moving toward the first yellow coral airstrip. Although opposition developed at the secondary landing on the east flank, the beachhead was secure...
...make good the loss of salt resources in the coastal provinces, the Chungking Government has stepped up production from the ancient salt wells of inland Szechwan. Free China had little iron or steel to spare for this vital industry. Her engineers turned to the ways and the tools of their forebears. They fashioned derricks and drills from lashed timbers. They wove rope from split bamboo. For pipelines, snaking over the land from well to refinery, they used the hollow trunk of the bamboo...
...were first used) will plow and batter the Continent, preparing it for the onward sweep of infantrymen and armor. Western Europe will quake then with cannonading greater than last week's Allied barrage at the Gustay Line. Artillery will determine the pace and final success of the push inland. With few important qualifications, the old adage still stands: God is on the side with the best cannon...
...were first used) will plow and batter the Continent, preparing it for the onward sweep of infantrymen and armor. Western Europe will quake then with cannonading greater than last week's Allied barrage at the Gustay Line. Artillery will determine the pace and final success of the push inland. With few important qualifications, the old adage still stands: God is on the side with the best cannon...
...Hollandia there were crated Japanese airplane engines, heavy guns, trucks, tractors, a radio station, ammunition dumps, medical supplies, food - including beer, wine, French champagne, British marmalade. But there were few, if any, Japs. The strong American forces which had landed at Tanahamera and Humboldt Bays pushed rapidly inland this week, spearheaded by road-building bulldozers...