v SUNDAY, NOV. 7, 1943 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE BOX SEAT AT MUNDA: Leatherneck Tells of Sea-Air Attack on Jap-HeldAirfield By Capt. CHARLES MATHIEU, Jr. Associated Press Correspondent SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, (Delayed)-From a small island off Munda Point, I watched fighter-escorted American bombers rain tons of high explosives on Japa- nese positions as an assault began to take the airfield. Prior to the aerial assault, U.S. Navy vessels sent salvo after salvo into the continually, weakening en- emy trongholds. Shore batteries on nearby islands joined in the barrage to blow the Japs from. Munda- This correspondent had an excel- lent vantage point as the scores of bombers came in over their objectiVe.. Just before sunrise the naval-v'essels; passed less than 100 yards in "frft of us-all guns blazing. Bombers Follow-Up The white-hot shells traveled slow- ly in a continuous stream thidoigh the air and could easily be followed: by the naked eye. I counted seven shells in one salvo alone. At dawn the ships left, but before they had reached the horizon, a flight of our heavy bombers closely-fol- lowed by medium bombers was over- head. Flying Fortresses, Liberators and Mitchells carried out medium level pattern bombing of the Japa-, nese areas. Columns of black smoke rose, fil- tering through . the early morning clouds that still hung over the field. The rumbling of heavy explosions carried across the water. Hardly had the bombs from the B-17s and B-24s exploded, when Grumman torpedo bombers began dropping heavy bombs. Dive-Bombers Hit Targets And then the sky was filled with flights of our "Dauntless" dive-bomb- ers. Dropping thousands, of feet, they picked out individual targets and smashed them to smithereens. The Japs had to "save 16ce." It was only a matter of a few hours before a flight of more than 50 "Jap fighters and bombers were on their way down to repay American troops in this area. However, our cover of fighters intercepted the enemy about 28 miles out. Dogfights followed. Machine Guns Aid Fighters The :straining drone of fighters zoomhing nd diviinc'ould be heard from Edozen directions. Men ashore strained their necks to follow the dogfights. Then, in a split second, this correspondent witnessed one of the thrills of war. A Grumman "Wildcat" fighter came roaring out of a cloud and skimmed over the tree tops. Close behind, it' seemed like a matter of yards, a Jape Zero chased our fighter. Our fighter flew low for a reason -he hoped the anti-aircraft bat- teries on shore would knock the en- emy off his tail. Machine guns along the beach saw our fighter pilot in trouble. They threw up a terrific barrage at the Zero, missing him, but making things so hot it gave the "Wildcat" a chance to escape into a cloud. Army Sets Up College Credit Clearing House U.S. Armed Forces Institute Is Established At Madison, Wisconsin The establishment of the U.S. Armed Forces Institute at Madison, Wisconsin, as a central clearing house of information on college cre- dit for military experience, particu- larly for college students expecting to be drafted and those who are already in the armed forces, was announced recently in the Associated Collegiate Press. At the request of any person in the armed forces or a person recently dis- charged from service, the Institute will assemble all information on his service activities of an educational nature. It will also transmit such' information to the school or college of the individual's choice. Meanwhile, the nation's colleges have agreed on some basic points a- bout post-war education. They are determined to avoid the mistake made after the last war of assuming that vocational education alone will be of value to returning military per- sonnel. If the plan of the colleges proves feasible, servicemen and women re- turning to college campuses after the war will be granted scholarships to study anything from medieval Eng- lish to engineering, medicine or law. A broad educational program would include liberal arts, vocational, pro- fessional and refresher courses. The colleges further went on rec- ord as favoring some type of volun- tary planning to gear their graduates to the needs of post-war industry. Preferably the educational programs would be related to the technical, su- pervisory and professional needs within the areas of the various col- leges. The colleges were also in favor of national surveys to obtain all possi- ble information on country-wide po- tential employment needs. However, they formed a solid block of opinion against government established stu- dent quotas based on these needs. JAGs Form Social Group Gen. Myron Cramer Indorses Association Organization of a Judge Advocate Association with the approval of Maj. Gen. Myron C. Cramer, The Judge Advocate General, was announced this week. Gen. Cramer heartily indorsed the formation of the Association. "I hope every officer in the Corps will be able to join this organization," he said. An exerpt from the charter of the Association states, in part, the fol-. lowing purposes: "to foster the de- velopment of :military law ... to pro- mote social intercourse and cultivate and perpetuate friendships, mutual aid and good will among its members ... to preserve the memories and tra- ditions develbping from the service of its members in the Judge Advocate General's Department of the Army of the United States." SEXPERTS TESTIFY WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. - () - Three weeks of testimony and argu- ments over whether Esquire Maga- zine is naughty and thus not entitled to second class mailing ended today. A three-member trial board of post office officials will make a recom- mendation to Postmaster General Walker after studying the voluminous record. JAG'S GET DIPLOMAS: 95 Officers To Be Graduated In Saturday Morning Exercises The 17 week long trail to gradua- tion ends for the 2nd Officer Candi- date and 12th Officer Classes Satur- day morning, November 13, when for- mal exercises take place in Hutchins Hall. Maj. Gen. Myron C. Cramer, The Judge Advocate General, will make the graduation address and present diplomas to approximately 95 mem- bers of the graduating classes. Presentation of commissions to the new second lieutenants, successful officer candidate members of the 2nd OC Class totalling approximately 60, will be made at the graduation par- ade, Friday, November 12. In accordance with custom the farewell banquet will be held that evening at the Allenel Hotel, with both classes combining in the affair. Gridiron club style skits written and acted by students will be featured en- tertainment. In addition to Gen. Cramer, Col. Young, and Washington officials, Col. Frederick C. Rogers, command- ing the 3651st SU ROTC-ASTP here; Capt. Richard E. Cassidy, head of the NROTC on campus, Dean E. Blythe Stason of the Law School, and mem- bers of the staff and faculty will at- tend. On Thursday evening the custom- ary Moot Court, demonstration court martial, will be presented by selected members of the graduating- classes. Open to the public, the trial will find students taking all roles from wit- ness to court member. Advance re- ports indicate that the charges and specifications will be based upon a hypotheticalstatement of facts with the school as its locale, and semi- humorous in nature. i Navy Is Lost in Fog, Late for Penn Game PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6.-A/P)- The Navy's cheering contingent of 776 Midshipmen missed the first quarter of the Penn-Navy game to- day. A chartered Chesapeake Bay steamer that brought them from Annapolis was delayed by a Delaware River fog. Their scheduled parade from the water front to Franklin Field was cancelled and they went to the field in trolley cars, arriving after the quarter. Dine Out, Today For your satisfaction and pleasure, let the ALLENEL serve you one of its excellent dinsers. The ALLENEL is proud of its high quality food prepared by experienced chefs. Enjoy a fine meal at the ALLENEL Soldier Unaware He Is AWOL Officer Candidate Edward Hamil- ton, 34, who was reported absent from his room in the law quadrangle, since Wednesday, turned up yesfer-? day unaware that he was missing. "till I read it in the papers." Hamilton, a student in the Judge Advocate General's School, had just been informed that he was to be. transferred in seven days, and was described as "in a despondent' mood" about not making the grade. 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