Closing 1944 with General Kenney by PacificParatrooper
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Leyte 1944 | Another Eye Witness Account by Pacific Paratrooper
Leyte 1944 | Another Eye Witness Account For another insight into the landing at Bito Beach, Leyte, John Holland, of the 675th Glider Field Artillery/11th Airborne Division speaks here… “February 18, 1943, I was assigned and shipped by train to Camp MacKall, Hoffman, North Carolina, and I arrived on the 22th. The Army had started […]
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Leyte continued by Pacificparatrooper
Leyte continued Sep 27 Posted by GP LST’s # 66,67,18,245,102 on 20 October 1944 While the Imperial Navy was floundering in their attempts to halt the persistent invasion of Leyte, Gen. Yamashita was in his headquarters at Fort McKinley on Luzon. He was receiving very little information from his own people and upon hearing of […]
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Letter XIII Latrines by Pacific Paratrooper (G.P. Cox)
Letter XIII Latrines Aug 30 Posted by GP Back in the states, people were still dancing to the tunes of The Dorsey Brothers, Count Basie and Artie Shaw. They listened to the songs of Doris Day, the Andrew Sisters, Lena Horne and Rosemary Clooney. But, some others weren’t so lucky, in the army there was always […]
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WACs in New Guinea + current news by Pacific Paratrooper
WACs in New Guinea + current news Aug 23 Posted by GP WACs in New Guinea, 1944 In June 1944, about the same time that Smitty landed in New Guinea, Gen. Kenney of the 5th Air Force started building up a WAC detachment in Australia. He had nearly 200 women in the HQ doing the secretarial […]
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Letter XI “?? Problems?? / National 81st Airborne Day by G. P. Cox
Letter XI “?? Problems?? / National 81st Airborne Day Aug 16 Posted by GP Problem solved The 11th Airborne Division, still in New Guinea and continuing to specialize their training – little do they know that they are coming closer and closer to their time for combat. Their commander, General Swing, awaits the word from General MacArthur. […]
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Letter VII Land by Pacific Paratrooper
For a period of five months the 11th Airborne Division would receive jungle warfare and intensified combat unit ground training in the primitive land of jungles and mountains and thatched huts and the native population fondly called, Fuzzy Wuzzies. The Papua brigades and Allied forces, that fought in what constituted the Cartwheel Operations before the […]
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Letter VI – Land Ho! On the Port Side by Pacific Paratrooper
Dobodura, New Guinea Just as Smitty expected, their destination was quickly coming up over the horizon. The fleeting glimpse of solid land, Milne Bay, New Guinea was only a short stopover for water (such a disappointment) and they continued their cruise north. The 11th Airborne Division came upon the humming waterfront of ships manipulating to unload troops, […]
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