Japanese soil today are 18 offi-The only foreign troops on
cers and men belonging to the United States Marine Corps. They are encamped on the site of the former American Embassy in Tokio and are under the command of Captain Buchanan Sulliven, who has been in the Marine Corps for the past i8 years. These United States soldiers are making a great hit with the people. They have erected relief stations in various portions of the capital, are distributing tents and supplies from the American Red Cross to the Japanese Red Cross, have established a complete garage and, in fact, are undertaking a great deal of the transportation work that the Japanese Red Cross has to cope with in these days. The Japanese staff of the American Embassy, with their families, are being looked after by' the marines who have erected snug tents for them on the Embassy grounds. The marines are likely to remain here for the next six months.
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