SECRET                                    15 MAR 45

FROM:       5TH MAR DIV
TO  :       VAC                     INFO: EXTROPAC  X  3D AND 4TH MAR DIVS

THIS IS SECRET X DISPATCH SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD 141700 TO 151700 FOLLOWS X
THE NIGHT WAS CHARACTERIZED BY ACTIVITY ALL ALONG THE FRONT X

THIS WAS PARTLY THE RESULT OF OUR LATE AFTERNOON ADVANCES AND THE
RESULTANT DELAY IN CONSOLIDATION OF POSITIONS FOR THE NIGHT X CT 27

HAD ACTIVITY ALL ALONG THE FRONT WITH THE MOST FORMIDABLE INFILTRATION
ATTEMPT OCCURRING OPPOSITE LT 3/27 IN 235C AT 0200 X HERE 75 -100 MEN

STARTED FOR OUR LINES X MORTAR FIRE BROKE UP THE ADVANCE AND RESULTED IN
15 JAPS BEING KILLED X CT 26 HAD INFILTRATION ACTIVITY AND MUCH TALKING

IN FRONT OF LT 2/26 AT 0130 X SOME JAPS GOT UP TO OUR LINES AND THREW HAND
GRENADES INTO MARINE FOXHOLES X SIMILAR ACTIVITY OCCURRED ON the

FRONT OF LT 3/26 AND IN ADDITION AT 0630 JAPS WERE DISCOVERED IN 235F AND G X
15 WERE KILLED TRYING TO GET INTO CAVES AND THE OTHER 15 COMMITTED HARI

KARI X CT 28 HAD A LIVELY HAND GRENADE EXCHANGE ABOUT DUSK IN 234I WHERE
LT 1/28 OCCUPIED THE LINES X ELSEWHERE THE FRONT OF CT 28

RECEIVED HEAVY SNIPER FIRE DURING THE ATTEMPT TO CONSOLIDATE FOR THE
NIGHT X JAPS CAME VERY CLOSE TO OUR LINES DURING THE NIGHT TO RETRIEVE

THEIR DEAD X OPPOSITION DURING DAYLIGHT TODAY WAS CENTERED AROUND THE
STRONG POINT IN  234JO AND 235 AFK X THIS AREA IS REPORTED BY PRISONERS

AND DOCUMENTS TO CONTAIN THE CP'S OF BOTH LTGEN KURIBAYASHI AND REAR
ADMIRAL ICHIMARU X IT IS AN EMINENTLY FAVORABLE DEFENSIVE POSITION AND

IS BEING DEFENDED WITH FANATICAL ZEAL X MACHINE GUNS KNEE MORTARS HAND
GRENADES AND RIFLES ARE ABOUT THE ONLY WEAPONS LEFT TO the ENEMY X THIS

FAVORABLE DEFENSIVE POSTION AND THE ROCKY GORGE IN FRONT OF CT 28 BLOCKS
THE ADVANCE OF OUR LEFT FLANK X THIS SAME STRONG DEFENSIVE

POSITION IS BLUNTING OUR EFFORTS TO BY-PASS OR ENCIRCLE IT BY ADVANCING
OUR RIGHT FLANK X CT 26 AND CT 27 ARE RECEIVING CONSIDERABLE FIRE FROM

BY-PASSED ELEMENTS TO THE R EAR AS WELL AS STILL OPPOSITION FROM THE
FRONT X ARTY AND TANKS SUPPORTED THE ATTACK X THERE ARE 38 TANKS
OPERATIONAL

OF WHICH 4 ARE FLAMETHROWERS X INCLUDED IN THIS FIGURE ARE 4 REGULAR
TANKS AND 2 FLAMETHROWERS OF THE 4TH MAR DIV X FRONT LINES AS

OF 1700 X 234W CENTER TO 234D WC TO 234I SE TO 234O CENTER TO 235K CENTER TO
235F CENTER TO 235B NC TO 251W CENTER TO 236D NW X OWN CASUALTIES AS

OF 1500 X KIA 83 OFF 1534 ENL X WIA 241 OFF 5611 ENL X SK 17 OFF 708 ENL X MIA 74
OFF 219 ENL X TOTAL 345 OFF 8072 ENL X 62 OFF 1505

ENL 33 UNIDENTIFIED INTERRED IN DIVISION CEMETERY X 23 TO BE INTERRED X
ENEMY DEAD 9209 X POW 39 X SUPPLY X THERE WERE 64 AIR EVACUATIONS DURING

LAST 24 HOURS X 25 DISTILLATION UNITS IN OPERATIONS 25865 GALLONS OF WATER
PRODUCED DURING LAST 24 HOURS X 52000 GALLONS IN DIV DUMP X AT

1500 THE FLOWING NUMBER OF RDS OF ARTY HE AMMO WERE ON POSITION X 1ST BN
2381 X 2D BN 2163 X 3D BN 1733 X 4TH BN 2503 X THE FOLLOWING NUMBER

OF RDS OF INFANTRY AMMO RECEIVED DURING LAST 24 HOURS X 37MM HE 1000 X 60
MM 5998 X COMM ILLUMINATING 572 X 75MM GUN 1000 X 18 LVT(A)'S

SERVICEABLE X 8 LOST OR DESTROYED X 34 LVT'S SERVICEABLE X 6 UNDER REPAIR X
32 LOST OR DESTROYED X 11 DUKW'S SERVICEABLE X 8 UNDER REPAIR X

31 LOST OR DESTROYED X 9 WEASELS SERVICEABLE X 1 UNDER REPAIR X 8 LOST OR
DESTROYED X 10 AMPH TRAILERS SERVICEABLE X 14 UNDER REPAIR X NO

CHANGES IN LOCATION OF COMMAND POST X


                              RAY A. ROBINSON
                              COLONEL, USMC
                              CHIEF OF STAFF