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At 0830 hours, with the first parachutes yet to land, a C-47 passes over Officers Row and drops on Landing Zone B. There are 7 chutes pictured. "The 25 knot wind really blew us back. " Between the Cin� and Mile Long Barracks,on an angle, is the telephone exchange building - it's early seizure will shatter all organised Japanese communication throughout the island.