The Angels: A History Of The 11th Airborne Division, 1943-1946
Contents
INTRODUCTION ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS x
Chapter 1: ACTIVATION 1
Chapter 2: TRAINING 5
Chapter 3: THE LIGHTER SIDE 12
Chapter 4: CAMP POLK 16
Chapter 5: NEW GUINEA 21
Chapter 6: LEYTE: 6 TO 11 DECEMBER 1944 31
Chapter 7: LEYTE: CLEARING THE MOUNTAINS 55
Chapter 8: NASUGBU TO MANILA 67
Chapter 9: MANILA TO LOS BANOS 81
Chapter 10: THE LOS BANOS RAID 93
Chapter 11: SOUTHERN LUZON AND MALEPUNYO 99
Chapter 12: INTERROGATION OF GENERAL FUJISHIGE 121
Chapter 13: MOPPING UP; REST CAMP; OKINAWA 130
Chapter 14: OKINAWA TO JAPAN 147
Chapter 15: OCCUPATION OF JAPAN 157
Appendix I: DECORATIONS AND AWARDS 169
Appendix II: DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATIONS 172
Maps
1: DOBODURA TO LEYTE 28
2: THE LEYTE CAMPAIGN 32
3: 11TH AIRBORNE RELIEVES 7 th DIVISION 36
4: JAPANESE PARACHUTE ATTACK AND SITUATION ON 6 DECEMBER 1944 48
5: ATTACK THROUGH MAHONAG 54
6: BATTLE OF PURPLE HEART HILL 58
7: LEYTE TO LUZON 68
8: MARCH ON MANILA 70
9: OPERATION MIKE VI 74
10: BATTLE OF AGA DEFILE 78
11: GENKO LINE 82
12: REDUCTION OF THE GENKO LINE 86
13: LOS BANOS RAID 94
14: ACTION NORTH OF LAKE TAAL 101
15: REDUCTION OF TERNATE AND PICO DE LORO AREA 104
16: JAPANESE DEFENSE OF MT. MACOLOD 108
17: REDUCTION OF MT. MACOLOD 109
18: JAP DEFENSES ON MT. MALEPUNYO 116
19: REDUCTION OF MT. MALEPUNYO 117
20: GYPSY TASK FORCE 140
21: JUNCTION OF 11th AIRBORNE AND 37th DIVISIONS 142
22: LIPA TO JAPAN 149
23: DISPOSITION OF 11th AIRBORNE IN TOKYO BAY AREA 156
24: OCCUPATION OF JAPAN 165

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