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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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A 132-mile an hour typhoon struck Okinawa on Tuesday after twisting 150 miles to the southwest for 24 hours, then swept northward to central and southern Honshu. It left Okinawa in shambles reminiscent of its recent battle-ravaged condition. Parked airplanes were rolled about, hospital patients had a nightmarish time during hours of darkness. Heavily damaged communications hampered reports. Damage so great that east coast out of touch with western side of the 10-mile-wide island. Fifty Superfortresses from the Marianas delivered 284 tons of food to 150,000 troops on Okinawa, with more to come from Guam and Saipan. Troops need sheltered facilities to replace demolished tents, Quonset huts and other installations.
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Eight Thousand Houses Flooded—Thousands Are Homeless
(Associated Press Correspondent)
Okinawa today was a shambles—reminiscent of its recent battle-ravaged condition following the 132-mile an hour typhoon that killed three American Navy personnel, left 10 sailors missing and more than 100 Yank soldiers injured and sank, damaged or beached 127 Naval vessels.
The typhoon, which struck Okinawa Tuesday after having twisted 150 miles to the southwest for 24 hours, swept northward to kill at least 69 Japanese, flood 8,000 houses, wash away 81 bridges and leave many thousands homeless in central and southern Honshu.
Food Rushed By Supers
Fifty Superfortresses from the Marianas delivered 284 tons of food to the 150,000 troops on Okinawa today. Approximately twice that amount will be transported to them during the next three days by bombers from Guam. Next week deliveries will be made from Saipan.
In addition to food, the troops need sheltered facilities to replace tents, Quonset huts and other installations that were demolished or heavily damaged.
Hours Of Darkness
Parked airplanes were rolled about by the typhoon, the island's food stocks were nearly all destroyed, and hospital patients had a nightmarish time throughout the hours of darkness.
More than 1,000 acres of land washed out and many thousands flooded by heavy rains which accompanied the typhoon, increasing the nation's already critical food problem.
Heavily damaged communications on both Okinawa and Honshu hampered attempts to get complete reports on casualties and damage.
On Okinawa, damage was so great that the east coast was out of touch with the western side of the narrow, 10-mile-wide island.
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Okinawa
Event Date
Tuesday
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killed three american navy personnel, left 10 sailors missing, more than 100 yank soldiers injured, sank damaged or beached 127 naval vessels, killed at least 69 japanese, flooded 8,000 houses, washed away 81 bridges, left many thousands homeless, destroyed food stocks, washed out more than 1,000 acres of land, flooded many thousands more.
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A 132-mile an hour typhoon struck Okinawa on Tuesday after twisting 150 miles to the southwest for 24 hours, then swept northward to central and southern Honshu. It left Okinawa in shambles reminiscent of its recent battle-ravaged condition. Parked airplanes were rolled about, hospital patients had a nightmarish time during hours of darkness. Heavily damaged communications hampered reports. Damage so great that east coast out of touch with western side of the 10-mile-wide island. Fifty Superfortresses from the Marianas delivered 284 tons of food to 150,000 troops on Okinawa, with more to come from Guam and Saipan. Troops need sheltered facilities to replace demolished tents, Quonset huts and other installations.