Jap Dodges Shells to Aid Yanks in Italy
By LYNN HEINZERLING
Associated Press Foreign Staff

WITH THE FIFTH ARMY AT CASSINO, Feb. 22.--(Delayed)--Nobody is ever going to accuse Pvt. Nitsukaze (Mike) Miyake of bragging about his part in the war.

Miyake, an American of Japanese descent from Honolulu, was commended by his superior officer for coolness under fire in carrying provisions to the men in Cassino and bringing back wounded.

"I wasn't the only one," Mike protested immediately. "There were five others."

"Tell the correspondents about the barrage," the officer said.

"Oh, yes," Mike said. "That wasn't so bad."

"Tell them about the screaming meemies," the officer persisted.

"You mean those things that come six at a time? That wasn't bad. It didn't last too long."

Mike finally admitted he and his companions were caught under a barrage that lasted about an hour.

"Some rocks fell on us and shell fragments whizzed by, but they were shelling a little behind us," he said. "We moved on and they were still shelling behind us. One of the boys was hurt by a big rock but for some other boys it was much worse."

Mike said he was a student at the University of Hawaii before the war and was eager to talk about the university's football team.

"It's just a light team," Mike said. "But we have a lot of fast-breaking plays. We beat California one year. I didn't play football."