1.  Allied headquarters at Ceylon announces that the last Japanese defenders of Myitkyina were terminated with heavy artillery, bazookas, mortars an d flame throwers.

2.  At the foot of the mountain, Marine rifle companies were taking heavy casualties from the Japanese defenders.

3.  He gave praise to Josh Wolff for forcing a Japanese defender to knock him down.

4.  On bloody Iwo Jima in the North Pacific, U.S. Marines drive the remaining Japanese defenders into a pocket on the northern tip of the tiny volcanic island.

5.  Some headed for the vast network of caves the Japanese defenders of the island bored into the soft volcanic rock.

6.  The planners began counting the number of battleships needed to pound the Japanese defenders.

7.  They believed Japanese defenders could make U.S. forces pay such a high price in blood that the American public would clamor for a negotiated peace.

8.  Burtini scored midway through the first half, forcing her way past a Japanese defender and flicking the ball with her right foot past goalie Nozomi Yamago.

9.  Five Japanese defenders are to be announced next week.

10.  Japanese defender Toshihiro Hattori had stomach surgery earlier this season and forward Akinori Nishizawa recently had his appendix removed.