SECRET                                     24 MAR 45
 
FROM:       5TH MAR DIV
TO  :       VAC                     INFO:  EXTROPAC  X  3D MAR DIV

THIS IS SECRET X DISPATCH SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD 231700 TO 241`700 FOLLOWS X
LT 2/28 ON THE LEFT FLANK HAD A BUSY NIGHT WITH JAP INFILTRATION

PARTIES WHO SUCCEEDED IN PENETRATING OUR LINES ABUT MIDNIGHT X THE MOP
UP OF THESE PARTIES WAS COMPLETED BY 0930 X A TOTAL OF 36

DEAD WERE COUNTED 16 OF THEM  WHOM WERE KILLED IN A BAREFOOTED BANZAI
CHARGE IN D COMPANY AREA X 8 JAPS WERE KILLED BY THE RIGHT FLANK COMPANIES

OF LT 3/28 DURING INFILTRATION ATTEMPTS X MOST OF THE JAPS KILLED DURING
THE NIGHT HAD EMPTY CANTEENS AND WERE CARRYING ELEMENTS OF OUR

RATIONS X ONE OF THE JAPS KILLED IN 328 AREA WAS CARRYING A ROPE LADDER
FOR CLIFF SCALING X A PW CAPTURED TODAY REPORTED THAT MAJ

GENERAL OSUKA IS STILL ALIVE AND IS WITH LIEUTENANT GENERAL KURIBAYASHI
AND REAR ADMIRAL ICHYMARU IN A CAVE IN 250W (SE) X JAP RESISTANCE IN

DAYLIGHT CENTERED AROUND THE NARROW RAVINES IN 250W (SE) WHERE RIFLEMEN
AND OCCASIONAL PILLBOXES PROVIDED THE OPPOSITION X MOPPING UP OF REAR

AREAS AND DEMOLITION OF BY-PASSED CAVES CONTINUES X THERE ARE 33 TANKS
OPERATIONAL OF WHICH 5 ARE FLAME THROWERS X OF THESE TANKS 2 REGULAR

AND 2 FLAME THROWERS ARE FROM THE 4TH MAR DIV X OWN CASUALTIES AS OF
1500 KIA 90 OFFICERS 1867 ENL X WIA 247 OFFICERS 6153 ENL X MIA 4

OFFICERS 132 ENL X SK 20 OFFICERS 1002 ENL X TOTAL CASUALTIES 361 OFFICERS 9154
ENL X INTERRED IN DIV CEMETERY 77 OFFICERS 1988 ENL

55 UNIDENTIFIED X AWAITING INTERMENT 17 X ENEMY DEAD 11019 X PW 62 X
CONTINUED REEMBARKATION OVER WHITE BEACH X NO CHANGE LOCATION OF
COMMAND POSTS X

                                   RAY A. ROBINSON
                                   COLONEL, USMC
                                   CHIEF OF STAFF