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A. WSSTERN PACIFIC
(ii) ENEMY FORCES
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Summary w o . 1190
1 . SOUTHWESTERN ISLANDS - on the mast flank of tha Okinawa front line, our forces
established a salient approx. 1000 yds. west of Yonabaru airdrome 1 May
with the forward elements due west of the Southern end of the strip. New
territory seized included positions on the northern slopes of Gaja will.
k enemy mortar fire was being experienced from th© reverse slopes of the hill
" Small enemy parties of 2-5 strong attempted infiltration of o”r lines
in the center of the line night 1-2 May but all such attempts ^ere frustrated.
advances of 300 yds. were made in the right central sector of the linr
1 m y against little enemy opposition but heavy rifle fire necessitated
slow progress in the left central sector.
mnemy air activity over Okinawa has slumped again to negligible
proportions. 'The only raid reported night 30 April - 1 *«ay was between
2210 and 2305/30 April when 4 planes approached from >t.. no damage was
sustained by either side. There was no enemy air activity over Ovinawa or
over ships in the vicinitv during 1 May nor up to midnight 1-2 M a y .
Effective support to forces ashore was provided 2 May by Naval surface
units including battleships cruisers and destroyers in addition to aircraft
from, land bases, fast carrier g'oups and escort carriers. The neu.traliza.tic
of Sakishima airdromes was continued 1 May.
}. FORMOSA - Additional strikes on Formosa, targets 1 May involved 39 B-24's, 18 p-25*s
■ and 8 p-51's. Of these, 14- §-24’s, 6 B-25's hit the primary objective, Kag
airdrome, but others attacked alternative objectives due to bad weather,
yesterday*s Summary No. 1189 reported 2 B-24»s hitting Tragi and 37 tj-2 4 * s
on alternative objectives.
a ight 1-2 »Tay Kiirun was raided by 2 B-24’s.
Reconnaissance 2 May saw only 3 sea trucks anchored in Triirun parlor
but otherwise no shipping around Formosa shores.
3 . CHINA-FRENCH INTO CHINA-COAST - wight 1-2. Kay Shanghai ©il storage facilities
and a shin At the mouth of the Yangtze river were bombed by 2 p-24's with
unobserved results. The same night Kiungshan airdrome on Uainan was
bombed by b-24?s with 16 x 500 lb. bombs after conducting a negative
shipping search.
Reconnaissance 2 foyjj revealed nb shipping except 6 coasters and 1
sea truck in Vulin harbor in addition to 3 coasters off r>ao °sint Jacques,
visibility over China coast was poor.
Paigon shipping was again ait-eked by Mitchells at midday 2 way, escorted
by 14 p-3$»s, but results are not yet available.
PHILIPPINES
|(1) T,u--,on t.and Activities - Moving «. fr-n Baguio along Kennon Poad our forces
formed a junction on 2 May -ith the other forces which had been proceeding
clowly up the road. Rapid advands continued p. and ,o.E. of .Raguio securing
Antamok (7000 yds. m.o.p. of Baguio) and nearing Itogon on 2 May.
Desperate enemy resistance and counter-attacks are being experienced
in the Balete Pass area.
Air support for land operations on 2 way involved 30 B-25*s, about
90 A_20's, 42. B-24's and 355 fighter-bombers (175 P-51's,lll p-38»s, 69
p-47's.).
'2) Davao Area - A. n . 2 April our forces crossed the pa.vao river and entered ravao
City against light opposition. Since the landing at Parang, an advance of
125 miles has been achieved in 16 days.
An advance of another 3 miles worth from Kabacan along oayre Pighway
was achieved, on 2 May against light resistance.
On the N. coast of Mindanao, guerillas have secured Buena Vista,
putuan Bay and. Opol, all in the vicinity of Cagayan.
Strong air support by SBD's is being provided our forces in the Davao
area.
(3) Palawan - Early a.M. 2 way at least 2 enemy aircraft approached Puerto ^-rincessa
but no attack was made* approach and withdrawal, /ere probably from and to
the South-respectively.
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