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Cavalier
Vol. 4, No. 99 — Pacific Theater — Wednesday, May 16, 1945
4 pages scanned

Names
• Carter, J. B. (Commodore — Chief of Staff of Operations for Admiral Nimitz; briefed from Guam on Navy’s role in Pacific troop deployment)
• Eisenhower, Dwight D. (General — Supreme Allied Commander; announced drastic measures against preferential treatment of high Nazis)
• Goering, Hermann (Nazi official — alleged to have received preferential treatment; prompted Eisenhower’s announcement)
• Nimitz, Chester W. (Admiral — Pacific Fleet commander; Commodore Carter spoke on his behalf from Guam)
• Rhodes, Herbert (District Judge — Omaha; quoted during a divorce case hearing on the subject of bathing)
• Sansone (cartoonist — The Wolf comic strip, distributed by Camp Newspaper Service)

Locations
• Angat River, Philippines (Luzon) — 43rd Division seized positions on Angat River overlooking Ipo Dam
• Binangonan, Philippines (Luzon) — 1st Cavalry troopers drove to Binangonan Point, overrunning all Japanese resistance
• Borneo — Tarakan forces with air and naval support attacked enemy position overlooking road east of Pamoesian Oilfields
• Brunei Bay, Borneo — bombers struck bivouac and supply areas at Brunei Bay
• Byoritsu, Formosa — air patrols left Byoritsu Alcohol Plant in flames
• Cagayan Valley, Philippines (Luzon) — medium, attack and fighter bombers struck enemy lines of communication in valley
• Changsha, China — 14th Air Force Mustangs caused heavy damage to Japanese convoy north of Changsha
• Chihkiang, China — Japanese marched last month in unsuccessful drive for Chihkiang Air Base
• Chungking, China — Chungking Army spokesman reported Japanese altering Asiatic strategy to concentrate strength north of Yellow River
• Davao River, Philippines (Mindanao) — 24th Division assaulting enemy defenses between Talomo and Davao Rivers
• Del Monte Airdrome, Philippines (Mindanao) — northern column contacted enemy force in Mangima River area east of Del Monte
• Foochow, China — Chinese troops fought through streets in mopping-up operations; second time Chinese recaptured port; Japanese listed as potential American invasion point
• Formosa — heavy bombers attacked enemy installations at Hosan, Heito, and Toshien; air patrols wrecked coastal craft and destroyed bridge and railroad rolling stock
• Guam — Commodore Carter rebroadcast from Guam; troops arriving in West Pacific to disembark at various staging points
• Heito, Formosa — heavy bombers attacked enemy installations
• Hengyang, China — P-51s and P-40s hit supply lines between Yiyang on southern shore of Tungting Lake and Hengyang
• Hosan, Formosa — heavy bombers attacked enemy installations
• Hupeh-Honan Front, China — Thunderbolts struck warehouse area at Laochokow and Japanese-held Sichwan
• Infanta, Philippines (Luzon) — 1st Cavalry relentless push on Infanta drove to Binangonan Point
• Ipo Dam, Philippines (Luzon) — 43rd Division seized positions overlooking Ipo Dam on Angat River
• Laochokow, China — Thunderbolts struck warehouse area; Hupeh-Honan front operations
• London, England — British naval authorities disclosed German submarines surrendering in larger numbers; 19 U-boats surrendered at British ports
• Lunghai Railway, China — fighters and medium bombers destroyed long sections of Lunghai Railway trackage
• Manggar, Borneo — bombers cratered Manggar runways
• Mangima River, Philippines (Mindanao) — northern column contacted enemy force in Mangima River area east of Del Monte Airdrome
• Maramag, Philippines (Mindanao) — 31st Division secured airfield one mile north of Maramag
• Nagoya, Japan — 500+ B-29s poured more than 500,750 fire bombs; biggest B-29 armada; smoke column covered nine square miles; Chigura Plant of Nagoya Arsenal targeted
• Naha, Okinawa — no longer principal campaign objective after heavy naval and artillery devastation; Americans continued drive gaining 200 yards against determined resistance
• New York — ersatz stockings captured from Germans being converted into blankets for war prisoners
• Norwegian waters — about 100 German submarines expected to surrender in French and Norwegian waters
• Okinawa — Marines and infantry gained ground along five-mile front in southern Okinawa; captured Yonubaru Airfield; Americans took possession of strategic heights commanding Shuri City
• Omaha, Nebraska — District Judge Herbert Rhodes quoted in humorous ‘Back Home’ item
• Orange, New Jersey — new DuPont plant at cost of $22,000,000 expected to begin construction
• Pailuchi, China — 14th Air Force destroyed two Japanese planes at Pailuchi Airfield
• Pamoesian Oilfields, Borneo — Tarakan forces attacked enemy position overlooking road east of oilfields
• Panama Canal — some European troops to proceed directly through canal to Western Pacific bases
• Paoching, China — two Chinese columns closing in on Paoching, Japanese stronghold in Hunan Province
• Peiping-Hankow Railway, China — fighters and medium bombers destroyed trackage on railway
• Sandakan, Borneo — bombers struck bivouac and supply areas at Sandakan
• Sichwan, China — Thunderbolts struck Japanese-held Sichwan, northwest of former air-base town of Laochokow
• Springfield, Illinois — new state law allows all servicemen to fish Illinois streams without paying license fee
• St. Louis, Missouri — humorous anecdote in ‘Back Home’ column
• Tabanio, Borneo — bombers struck runways at Tabanio
• Talomo River, Philippines (Mindanao) — 24th Division assaulting enemy defenses between Talomo and Davao Rivers
• Tatung-Puchow Railway, China — fighters and medium bombers destroyed trackage
• Tawao, Borneo — bombers struck bivouac and supply areas at Tawao
• Toshien, Formosa — heavy bombers attacked enemy installations
• Tungting Lake, China — P-51s and P-40s hit supply lines and river shipping between Yiyang on southern shore of Tungting Lake and Hengyang
• Yellow River, China — Japanese altering strategy to concentrate strength north of Yellow River in northeastern China
• Yiyang, China — P-51s and P-40s hit supply lines and river shipping between Yiyang and Hengyang
• Yonubaru, Okinawa — Marines and infantry captured Yonubaru Airfield on eastern coast

Units
• 14th Air Force (U.S.) — Mustangs damaged Japanese convoy north of Changsha; destroyed planes at Pailuchi; P-51s and P-40s hit supply lines; Thunderbolts struck Laochokow and Sichwan
• 1st Cavalry Division — publishing unit; reached Luzon’s east coast; drove to Binangonan Point; push on Infanta
• 1st Cavalry Division Information & Education Section — publishing authority of The Cavalier
• 1st Signal Troop — listed as news intercept source
• 24th Division — repulsed heavy counterattack; assaulting enemy defenses between Talomo and Davao Rivers
• 31st Division — moving up from south; secured airfield one mile north of Maramag
• 43rd Division — seized positions on Angat River overlooking Ipo Dam
• Tarakan Forces — with air and naval support attacked enemy position overlooking road east of Pamoesian Oilfields in Borneo