G•2 PERIODIC REPORT

No. 13 Mnps: SAIPANt 1/20,000.

1. ENEUY SITU.Ll.TION .:.T 2ND OF PEIUOD .

a.. Enemy front line - Soc o.ttu.chcd ovorlc..y.

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281600 June 1944 291600 June 1944

Hq 27th Inf Dbr TA 162-0 29 JUno 1944

b. Defensive orsunizo.tion - Tho enemy CJntinues his defense in the cnves nlong the cliffs on tho 7\l'estern sector of the division z )ne of c.dvc..nce. He continued b defend the hills in TL. 187 but ~~b"Jut 1100 tho hill n.t 187K wns reduced. A prelimbc.ry e~~runin :::.ti ,n cisc l JS~~s r.~b·.·ut f orty (40) cloa.d, two henvy mu.chine guns, thrc c 1 ic::;ht mL,ch L10 E;Uns , c..ncl six knee morto.rs. The hill n.t l87A remuins u.s a strong point probc.bl~r dof'cnclcrl with c..t let.st the strength found up on 187K . Tho 2nd En l65th :nf, r:.-t; the ·\;imo of writing this report, is c..ttempting c.n envel op ing m.won;.ont .

On the fr :)nt of tho l06th Inf, the enemy defense c onsisted of rifle o.nd machine gun fire . It ho.s nlso becm rep orted th~t there o.rc severt.l enemy tnnks which a.ppeur t o rcmc. in immobile in CLilll !mflugecl positions. S ome reports nre thc, t they u.re in GI!lpl<~c:emo:nts . As s o m ns the tr oops commenced c.dva.ncing they received hoo:vy mc.chinc gun fire fr em those tetnks .

c. Units in C'Jnto.ct - The f oll owing idcntificatbns >vero obtc.incd toG.uy. In 18 7K, the 3rc1 Compnny of tho l36th Inf wa.s iden tificd by c. clicry tt..ken from n dead Ja.pnne se sold.ior . This is the HOMARE 11935 Unit nnd this c mpuny was under the c ommo.nd ;f lst Lt. ISHIZitKI. The unit l 8.nded on SJ ... IP: ... N r..t 201900 Mo.y . An oxcerpt fr om the C.i<:..ry is nttn cheC. t.:J this rep ort . i~lso

identified in the vicinity of RJ 278 wc,s an n Intendo.nce Cornmcndor 11 •

d. Artillery - See overlay.

At 07 .::5, six (6) r ouncls fell 200 yds SE -.. r the Conunc.nd Post of the 106th Inf. At vc.ri'JuS intervc.ls during thG day, two or three r ounds fell in the vicinity of the 27th Div CP. One fus e fr ·::.t'u. n shell frr~gment which fell in the Div Cp v.,rns written 11Mtn field fbt trttjcct ory typo 88 . 11

The b u.ttory rcp ')rted <..t ·212B WL.S fir ad up o1: by Div 1.rty c.t 0930. J\n o.ir ·observer re l.Jorted th: .t it v.rc.s lm.Jclce::', ·:.ut ~,nC::. thf~ t the fire "Got them running".

e. Reserves o.nrJ othe r f 1rcus c o..pab l o 8f i~1torvonti m - No report.

f. Supply n.nd evo..cua.tion ostablislun.;l;.ts .. The followdng e stablishments hnve been reported:

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(1) Dump at 205J,_ which is cr.moufl r,gecl observ;d by the Divis ion OP.

(2) A Chr:.morro nn.tivc reports c.. rifle ]lin dump a.nd g::..solino clump in the vicinity of CHICO rc..&io and telephone center, 2500 meters North of DONNAY.

(3) At 1230 tho l06th Inf reported a. lc.rge fo od c r.che n.t Til. 175Q contc. ining a considera.blc qua.ntity of rice.

(4) Lcrge engineer dump is l0cuted nt TA 187U. It c ontc..ins now gencrtltors , rings, belts, Diesel fuel, etc.

(5) Div Arty reports thut ut 1437 it destr oyed a. Japn.nese JlJn. dump in Til. 230Q.

(6) A pln. t o:m of 762nd Tk Bn rcp ·)rtcd tht,t they observed approximately 200 Japanese cvucu~ting the North . These supplie s vroro being hc.nd c::-:.rried. fire by CLrtillory c.md by the tt:.n..l.cs.

between 0830 and 0900, supplies from TA 212 to

They v.()re t."'.ken under

( 7) c~~pturod map of <Ta.p f ood C.umps is f orwa rded t c NLF with the orig­ina. l ·Jf this report.

2. ENEMY OPERd.TIONS DURING Pl]RIOD.

n. Sunnnu.ry - At 282050, RED c.lurt vms c.r.c.1.ounced. Approxj_mc.tely 15 min• utos l a.tor, a.nti-[drcrc•ft fire wc~s seen ·:ver MJ~.GICIE:t-TNE BAY, ancl n.t 2110 nn enemy plane crushed 0n Kli.G(TJJf PO IFT c.fter oxpl ··· d ing in the c. ir.

A fire dmtc l .)pcd in the vicinity )f the airfield o.nr~ tormin­nted abruptly in an oxplosi0n which ::..pp ;...rontl~' extinguished tho fire. One lnrt;c p (.lrachute we s observed cc.rryins t, burning •)bjcct w~hich c.ppe[,rcd n 0t bright ennu;h t o bo ~ fln.rc.

Gr-.mnd c.ctivity durin~ the night was c..,nfinod to sc c~ttorcd sniper fire. Enemy c :mtinued t o nccupy the hillside extending fr om 185N North thru l95IC. On the Div ri; ht fl E•nk, enemy c ·mtinuod t o m:..'.ke his strong point in tho urea. 187ANK, but wus disl oC:~,;cd fr om hill in 187K. .ht 1530, he wo.s still h ; lding his p ositi-:ln on hill L.t 187A.

During dc..y, our mcdn e£'f'1rt f orced the enemy t ow ithC.r uw fr0m the general line 195K - 196K North t '1 the gcnerd line 204U·-205U. His defense c msisted of mortc.rs , machine guns e.nC: rifle fire, nssisto C. by fire frnm wh::.L t o.ppe:~rod t o bo i :nmobilo tt.nka p a inted gr een ~nd hi dC::.en by cc.moufluge. His principL, l str Jn~ points WGre p 0s itions on high gr ; und 0~1 our ris ht fl u.nk.

Prclimi~1~:..ry r ep·')rts r eco ivoc on se c..rch of h ill c.t 187K dis­cl osed 30•40 enemy de c.d , 6 knee m,1rtn.rs 1 2 ho:.vy mr..chine guns c.nd 3 light ma.chine guns. Ar eLs s cuthot.st of Div CP w:.s shollcc~ three time s, 2 or 3 shells on en.ch ') CC~~si •m . Rogtl CP's of 105th l,nC.: l0 6t h Infs vvc ro shelled c.t upproxi• mo.tely 0930 rend ugc.in a.t r:.pproxb.:.toly 1500. 105th Inf r epor t ed 3 bursts; wcro c.ir bursts n.t em c..ltitudc ostim .. tcld Gt 200 frJot .

b. Oporc,ti ons of c omp onent olc'1t:nts .

(1) Antinircrc.ft c.rt :i. llo ry - ill\. fire wc_s rec e ive d fr om 227M. Divi­sion artillery r eportccl kn l cking this pioco 0ut.

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(2) Antitank units - A hc.lf-track d the Rcn Tr evo.cuc.ting ca.sut~l­ties .from tho 106th Inf fr ont was dis~::.blud by whc..t w~~s rep orted c~s a. 47mm AT gun fr om the cliffs.

Artillury - Sec pc~rngrc.ph 1 d above. (3)

(4) 282050 June. were 0bserved parachute wus

Avic.tion~ c ombe.t - Enemy phmes flew over tho Div CP [a;-oa at our A.t\ fire was observed t; bring down one (1) plr.no. Fires on the AS LITO J .. irfiold f olbwed by c. l arge cxplos ion. one ll. rge observed c.t about 2100 fl oc. ting down SDuth of the Div CP.

(5) Infa.ntry - Tho OP of the 4th M1:.rDiv reported c.t 281830 June tho. t many Jnps were in TA l95ABC o.nd mo.ny moving South in TA 195AK. At 0900, a. column of -.•.pproximc. to ly 100 were obsorvod 011 the roo.d c.t TA 220m,~ . The infc.ntry oppJsition durin~ the day consisted of rifle, mo.chi.no gun c.nc.'.. morto.r fire.

(6) Tanks - Two Jo.p tc.nks were rep orted knocked out o.t 281920 June in TA 20t;;W by Div J,rty while registering. Divis i •m OP reported thG.t two additional t o.nks were lmocked out ut l96GH 1450. There wa.s no enemy te:.nk a.tto.ck but a. number of tanks were observed i.'llillobile a.nd cc.moufla.god vli th green paint, whi:::h opened. fire on our troops £.~s they udvonceC.. These tc.nks were used in the nature of pillboxes.

3. MISCELLi,NEOUS.

n. Estimated enemy cn.suc~l tics - l05th Inf rcp ,;rts n.ppr -:;ximately 40 enemy dead were found on hill l87IC. One sniper wc .. s killcc .. n ec:.r RJ 278. He hud u surrender lm .. flet on him, Hhich is f orwc.rde d ·vJith the orit;inc~ l of this report. but when usked t o surrende r i::1 J c,pr.n oso , turned :~nd rc:.n c..nC. it. v;c.s necessury t 0 shoot hi..""ll. At 1530. c, nembcr of th0 L .. ngw.so sccti rm of tho Division suc­ceeded in getting :.t lo; .. st 30 Po~:{ ' s rlUt of C l,VOS in TA 152. Incomplete re­ports received o.t the t:i.nw of the p.rep~.n.t i n::1 ; f this report fixed tho number o.t o.t len.st 30 inoludi::J.C 21\orcnns fr':n t:. c 1:nst1·ucti")n bLtt;A lion. The rest were either J[.panesc ctviia.ns or Korec~n civilir,ns. Cumplote ro port will be given ln.ter. Chamorr ')s cupturo cl no c .. r DOJ.ITTLY ....-..rc;ro intorr 8;~toc: G.l1Cl r eport h~· .. s been forwc-..rded t o "NLF.

b. :Horc~ lo - Chc<Norr o roports thLL t enemy mor :.~lc is very low nnd they ho.ve hec.rd tulk of surr ender by s oldiers. H<..ny Jc.p s oldiers nppcc.r t o be hiding in caves c.nd nre unurmoL. . It woulC. seem thE. t the surrender lo o..flets vdll be increc.singly effective.

c. Supply ~· .. nd oquiprwnt - JITO ch~Ln;;u.

d. Terrain n ·)t und.or ·mr c ontr ol - The n.dvo.nco of tho 106th Inf Ct.Lrrics the Div po.s t the r.10st difficult torr c~in . Torrtdn buc :nos more open North of our prosont line for a. short distl.ncc. H0wovor, enemy strong points still ro­mn.in in u.ru t~s behind. tho fr ·::nt lino in oxtromoly difficult torr c.in.

c. Enemy's pr Gb tcb lo knowlod;;c n our situ<: .. ti -·n - No chr..nge .

f. Wen thor :.md visibility - C'mti;.1ucs c; 1od.

4. ElllEMY C2..PABILITBS.

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HE11.D(VARTERS 27TH INFANTRY DIVISION A. P. O. 27

29 Juno 1944

Trans1o.tion of din.ry taken from c~oud body of SATS"JB.A , Hiromi in TA 187K. morning of 29 June 1944.

SATSUBI wa.s ~ memb er of the 3rd Company, l36th Infantry Regiment. code number of which is HOMARE 11935.

1 May 1944:

ll Juno 1944:

12 Juno 1944:

13 Juno 1944:

Conunan<l Plc.t oon 27 men 2 officers 1st Phtoon 55 men 1 officer 2nd plo..t oon 47 men 1 officer 3rd ph toon 45 men 1 officer ~,m Plc.toon 40 me n 1 officer

TOT:~L 214 r.ten 6 officers

Enemy plo.nc~ o.rr i ves.

Enemy pla.ncs L..rrive.

From ab out n oon tho enemy ships increas e to over 30 ships. Tho amphibi ous unit c ommences firing agcinst SAIPAN. we inunedio.tely c ommenced retaliuting; h owever our plr~nes do n ot o.rrivo or return . The onemy plwne s fly over our skies and na va l burro.go is c ontinuously being lo.id down a.t a.uxilic.ry !l. irfie l d o.nd CI-kRAN-KANOA. }3e c o.use of landings, the disp ositi on tr oops and tho 2nd Compa.ny of HOMiliUE Unit tn.kos up p ositions. However, the enemy is superior in strength o.nd fr om do.y be f or e we arrived, the de cision wo.s m~de f or night assa ult on the 16th by the b o.tto.lion. However , beco.us o of furi ous gun fire we wor e dof ect t Gd o.nd withdrew on the 17th. Friendly planes a rrived on the evening and morning of tho 16th but went h omo rir;ht ['.wo.y.

17 June 1944 : Enemy wc.r s hip s t. r..r t s t ') b urn.

18 June 1944 : Friendl y pl n.no s e.rri-..rc in the r;ur n i n(; .

19 June 1944 : Smno .

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