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Army Version. Ralph C. Smith, 50, handsome and soft-voiced, commanded the 27th (New York National Guard) Army Division, until Howlin' Mad relieved him on the ninth day of the 25-day battle of Saipan. Ralph Smith was relieved, according to the Army version, because of a difference over tactics:.. Marines tear into battle, trying to win it quickly; soldiers proceed cautiously, to save lives...
...return last week from the Marianas, tough Lieut. General Holland M. Smith, commander of all the Marines in the Pacific,* was asked an embarrassing question. Was it true that he had fired one of his division commanders, the Army's Major General Ralph Smith, during the battle of Saipan...
Killed in Action. Marine Sergeant Lee Powell, 35, circus and cinema portrayer of the masked vigilante "The Lone Ranger" after two years' Pacific service including Tarawa and Saipan...
...squadron promised Dr. Chung 200 Jap planes by next Christmas, but by June it had bagged only ten. Then, during the battle of Saipan, the squadron shot down 177 Jap planes within two weeks without a loss. Joyfully, squadron leader, Commander William A. Dean Jr., wired Dr. Chung: "TOJO SAY ROY GRUMMAN PUBLIC...
Admiral Raymond Spruance used-them to fill out the ranks of his first-line carriers. The CVEs were entrusted with the job of covering the Saipan operation while the big carriers moved on to meet the Jap fleet off the Philippines. Last week a CVE air squadron, Composite Squadron 33, was home after ten months of combat in the Gilberts, the Marshalls, Hollandia, Aitape and the Marianas. Planes and guns of the baby carrier had destroyed 35 Jap aircraft. The little flattops had become an offensive weapon...