[quote]    ‘TO HELL WITH BABE RUTH,’ YELL CHARGING JAPANESE
    The New York Times, 3 March 1944, Pg. 2
    By the Associated Press.

    CAPE GLOUCESTER, New Britain (Delayed) – Staff Sgt. Jeremiah A. O’Leary, a Marine Corps combat correspondent, reports that Japanese troops charged the Marine lines here shouting the strange Japanese battle cry:

    “To hell with Babe Ruth!”

    The charge was scored as an error. Thirty Japanese were struck out for good.

    In New York Babe Ruth replied:

    “I hope every Jap that mentions my name gets shot – and to hell with all Japs anyway.”[/quote]