The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 18, 1945, Image 7
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PACIFIC FIELD, May, 1945.—It's still a mighty
slugfest between the yellow Jap and Uncle Sam's
Army and Navy Boys, as the struggle goes into the
last half of the seventh with 138,000,000 Americans
getting ready to stretch themselves for the crucial
frame.
The Nips; experts in stealing bases, held the edge
for the first three innings and it looked for a time
like it was going to be a run-away. But Uncle Sam
c^ame back in the fourth with a barrage of hits that
knocked Tojo out of the box.
The uneven fight started with the Japs resorting
to sneak plays with which they bagged PEARL HAR
BOR, BATAAN and the ALEUTIANS, in the first,
second and third innings, while the Americans were
held scoreless.
But Uncle Sam recovered by the first half of the
fourth with brilliant work in the outfield, holding the
Nips to a sowreless inning. Then in the second half of
the fourth a broadside of hits at Midway forced the
Japs to t^e ToJo out of the game.
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With the Japs held scoreless from then on, long
ranging hits by Uncle Sam's B-29's filled the Nip's
bases to the exploding point and the Americans scored
the recapture of Manila in the fifth and the taking of
Iwo Jima in the sixth.
Still holding the Japs scoreless in the first half
of the seventh. Uncle Sam goes to bat within scoring
distance of the home plate.
Yes, the decisive inning is coming up now. Every
one of us is a player on the home team.whether we're
in a position to step up and swing a bat ourselves or
not.
It's time to stretch ourselves in a big way—to
stretch our purchases of War Bonds, BIGGER
BONDS than we ever bought before, to fumfsh our
fighting men with what it's going to take to win.
* This must not be an extra^inning game.
Buying Extra BIGGER BONDS will help our
team nail down complete victory sooner.
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