SECRET 1 MAR 45 FROM: 5TH MAR DIV TO : VAC INFO: 3D AND 4TH MAR DIVS X EXTROPAC DISPATCH SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD 281700 TO 011700 FOLLOWS X DURING THE NIGHT THERE WAS MINOR PATROL ACTIVITY AGAINST OUR FRONT AND SMALL INFILTRATION ATTEMPTS X THE REAR AREAS RECEIVED HEAVY ARTILLERY AND MORTAR FIRE X CT 28 JUMPED OFF AT KING PLUS 20 X THE ADVANCE WAS VERY SLOW X HEAVY MORTAR X AR- TILLERY X AND SMALL ARMS FIE WAS PLACED ON THE ADVANCING TROOPS X HILL 362 WAS OCCUPIED AT ABOUT 1000 AND THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WAS SPENT BY THE UNIT THAT OCCUPIED THE HILL IN MOPPING UP THE CAVES AND EMPLACEMENTS THERE A POCKET OF RESISTANCE WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE CENTER OF THE LINE JUST SOUTH OF 0-2 X THIS POCKET DELAYED THE CENTER UNIT X ABOUT 1600 THIS POCKET WAS OVER-RUN AND WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN ANTI-TANK WEAPONS X MORTARS X AND AUTO- MATIC WEAPONS X ON THE LEFT FLANK THE UNITS WERE ABLE TO ADVANCE MORE EASILY THAN ON THE RIGHT X AS THEY ADVANCED AHEAD OF THE UNITS ON THE RIGHT THEY WERE BROUGHT UNDER HEAVY FIRE FROM THE RIGHT X BY 1700 OUR FRONT LINES WERE AT 2150 NORTHEAST X 216K CENTER AND 216K SOUTHWEST TO JUST NORTH OF ROAD IN 216M CENTER TO 216T NORTH CENTER X TWENTY-NINE TANKS ARE OPERATIONAL OF WHICH FOUR ARE FLAME THROWERS X THE 5TH TANK BN CONTINUED TO SUPPORTED THE ATTACK MAKING MINOR ADVANCES IN FRONT OF OUR FRONT LINES AND ASSISTING IN MOPPING UP X THE RECON CO IN ITS DAILY PATROL COVERED THE BEACH AND CLIFF AREA FROM THE WEST BOAT LANDING NORTH TO CR 65 X THE N & S ROAD RUNNING UP THE CENTER OF THE BEACH FROM THE LAND- ING TO CR 65 IS FAIRLY HARD SURFACE BUT HAS BEEN HIT IN SEVERAL PLACES BY SHELL FIRE X IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHEELED VEHICLES COULD TRAVEL ON IT X THE ONLY EVIDENCE OF MINES IN THE ENTIRE BEACH AREA WAS the PRESENCE OF TWO ANTI-TANK AND ONE ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES (ALL NOW PLAINLY MARKED) NEAR ANTI- TANK DITCHES ON EAST SIDE OF ROAD X IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT ANY INSTALLA- TIONS REMAIN IN THE FACE OF THE CLIFF X SOME LOOSE BARBED WIRE WAS OBSER- VED ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD X NO WIRE CONSTITUTES ANY OBSTACLE X ALL BEACH INSTALLATIONS EXCEPT ONE PILLBOX NEAR NORTHERNMOST WELL HAVE BEEN BLOWN UP OR CAVED IN X NO JAP TRACKS WERE OBSERVED ON THE BEACH X THIS AFTERNOON ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE BEACH JUST SOUTH OF CR 65 ENGINEERS DESTROYED CAVES AND PILLBOXES X THESE CAVES AND PILLBOXES BLEW UP WITH LARGE EXPLO- SIONS X IT IS BELIEVED THAT THEY CONTAINED STORES OF AMMUNITION AND EXPLO- SIVES X TWO ARTILLERY OBSERVATION PLANES WERE MAINTAINED ON STATION THROUGHOUT THE DAY X SURVEILLANCE OF FIRES X TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY AND PRECISION ADJUST MENTS WERE MADE X THE BELOW LISTED TARGETS WERE DEFINITELY DESTROYED BY PRECISION ADJUSTMENT X (THESE IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL ARTILLERY FIRE MISSIONS) X AT 1046 ONE FIELD PIECE LOCATED AT TA 234 OBOE THREE DIRECT HITS X AT 1245 DIRECT H IT ON LARGE CALIBER GUN IN TA 234I X (THIS WAS ADJUSTED BY 13TH MARINES USING CORPS ARTILLERY) X AT 1310 DIRECT HIT ON FIELD PIECE AT OPENING OF CAVE AT TA 217 A X AT 1405 A FIELD PIECE AT TA 234 E DESTROYED BY PRECISION ADJUSTMENT X WHAT PROVED TO BE THE PRIMARY MISSION OF ARTILLERY FIRED FOR THE DAY WAS THE NEUTRALIZATION OF ENEMY MORTARS TO AID THE AD- VANCE OF THE TROOPS X OUR CASUALTIES TO DATE AS OF 1200 X KIA 37 OFF X 611 ENL X WIA 178 OFF X 2710 ENL MIA 2 OFF X 170 ENL X TOTAL 217 OFF X 3491 ENL X GRAVES REGISTRATION 600 INTERRED 30 TO BE INTERRED X ENEMY RESISTANCE TO OUR KING HOUR ATTACK WAS CENTERED AROUND BULLET RIDDEN HILL 362 AND THE RIDGE LINE RUNNING TO THE WEST COAST X THIS BITTERLY CONTESTED ROCKY CRAG AND RIDGE LINE IS NOW IN OUR HANDS BUT IS BEING SUBJECTED TO INTENSIVE ACCURATE MORTAR FIRE FROM THE JAP POSITIONS TO THE NORTH X THE ENTIRE FRONT IS SWEPT BY HEAVY VOLUMES OF SMALL ARMS FIRE X JAP REAR AREA ACTIVITY ON THE NORTHWEST COAST IS UNDER OBSERVATION FROM AN LCI(G) OPO X SEVERAL PREVIOUSLY UNLOCATED POSITIONS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AND SILENCED BY FIRE ADJUSTED FROM THIS OP X THE FIRST KOREAN PRISONERS TAKEN WERE CAP- TURED TODAY X PRELIMINARY INTERROGATION INDICATES THAT MOST OF THE CAVES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND ARES SMALL AND FILLED WITH WOUNDED X SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND WATER IS LOW X ENEMY CASUALTIES TO DATE X 3252 DEAD X 12 POW X AT 0215 ENEMY ARTILLERY STARTED A FIRE IN THE AMMUNITION DUMP X ABOUT 30% OF THE INFANTRY AMMUNITION WAS LOST X EXACT FIGURES WERE SUBMITTED BY SEPARATE REPORT X BY DAYBREAK THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL BUT SHOULDERED ALL DAY WITH OCCASIONAL EXPLOSIONS X DURING THE DAY AS MUCH AMMUNITION WAS POSSIBLE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE DUMP X A NEW DUMP IS BEING ESTABLISHED IN TA 147C X THERE ARE 27 SERVICEABLE LVT(A)'S X 8 LOST OR DESTROYED X THERE ARE 120 SERVICEABLE LVT'S X 21 UNDER REPAIR X 17 INOPER- ATIVE X AND 42 LOST OR DESTROYED X THERE ARE 34 DUKWS SERVICEABLE X 7 UNDER REPAIR X 1 INOPERATIVE X 58 LOST OR DESTROYED X THERE ARE 11 WEASELS SERVICE- ABLE X 1 UNDER REPAIR X 6 LOST OR DESTROYED X SUPPLIES LANDED PAST 24 HOURS X SMALL ARMS AMMU- NITION NONE X MORTAR X 60MM NEGLIGIBLE X 81MM NONE X ARTILLERY X 75MM X NEGLIGIBLE X 105MM 1/2 UNIT OF FIRE X RATIONS X 1 DAY X WATER X 27095 GALLONS X FUEL X DIESEL 10395 GALLONS X 80 OCTANE X 11265 GALLONS X 100 OCTANE 46320 GALLONS X CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES WERE LANDED X LOCATION OF COMMAND POSTS X 5TH MAR DIV 148G X 13TH MARINES 147J X 26TH MARINES 199Q X 27TH MARINES 164H X 28TH MARINES 181V X RAY A. ROBINSON COLONEL, USMC CHIEF OF STAFF