The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-02
Seasoned q. S. Divisions
Now Ready In Pacific
m FRANCISCO, July

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1. -
The proud promise of Gen. Walter
Kruger in the Philippines that
his Sixth Army, rounding out two
years of battling the japanese
will keep driving forward" is
reminder of the seasoned qualitie.
of the American forces massing fol-
the big job ahead.
Kruger spoke of the supreme
confidence of his divisions. mop
ping up Luzon.
Other seasoned divisions Of 1t
Gen. Robert Eichelberger's Eighth
Army have about cleared out the
Japanese from all open areas or
Mindanao, Southern Philippines
and scattered them in mountain
terrain.
On Okinawa. still other veteran
divisions of battles with Japar
are released for fresh tasks under
Gen. Joseph W. stilwell, who SUE
ceeded the late 1t. Gen. Simon
Bolivar Buckner, Jr.. as COM
mander of the U. S. 10th Army
Actions speaking louder thar
words, let's have a brief look a
some Of these divisions:
First Cavalry (dismounted)-
Won the tough Admiralty Island
invasion in February, 1914; in OF
the original Philippines reinva sior
at Leyte, October, 1914, taking
Tacloban; first to enter Manila or
Luzon and liberate Santo Tomas
Seventh Infantry-captured At
tee in the Aleutians in 1913; KWa
|jaIen, Marshall Islands, January
1914; in hard fighting on Leytei
helped invade Okinawa last Apri
and turned the left flank of thu
enemy's Shuri defense, a decisive
point in that campaign.
Sixth Infantry - Cleaned gu
Sansapor, extreme Northwest New
Guinea, July, 1914; had element
on Leyte; helped invade Luzon
now hopping up in Torturous ter
rain Of mountains to West o
Cagayan Valley.
18th Airborne A spectacula
paratroop team; dropped on Yves
side of ..Leyte preparatory to- tn
decisive thrust at Ormoc; tool
Tagatay ridge below Manila; para
chuted onto Corregldor; helpec
rescue prisoners from Los Banos
recently dropped near APART II
put final Squeeze on japanese il
Caeayan Valley.
oath Infantry-Daily for week
they were in the thick of action O.
Leyte after landing near Pal
where Japanese resistance Wa
J fierce; fought on Luzon; mad
; one of the invasions of Mindanat
25th Infantry (Tropic Lightning
AT Guadalcanal and Vella La
vella in Solomons; appeared i
Luzon campaign last January
fought through the combining b.
lete Pass area toward Cagaya
Valley, winning the pass in mic
May. &
. 9th Infantry-At Maxim, Gil
berts; Eniwetok, Marshalls; Sal
pan, Marianas; and helped invad
Okinawa.
31st Infantry Dixie)-Morotai
rough going in Central Mindanao.
32nd 1nfantry-Leyte; In actio
on Luzon in such mountain area
as Baguio and Villa Verde trail.
33rd Infantry former Illinoi
National Guard-On Luzon aroun
Rosario where Japanese made
bloody stand; drove on Baguio.
9th Infantry (Buckeye) - a
Bougainville. Solomons; on Luxor
fought bitter street battles i
Manila, helped capture Bagui
and made the sensational driv
which liberated Cagayan Valley
38th Infantry-Landed above Ra
tam peninsula, Luzon, to help FIRE
that hallowed ground.
.. American Infantry-Baptism {
, fire at Guadalcanal: at Bougair
vile; on New Guinea: invade
Sibuyan Sea Islands in Philippines
also Cebu and Bohol: on Mindar
ao
41st 1nfantry-One of the mos
veteran outfits in all Southwe'
:, Pacific: campaigns include Bri
: ism and Dutch New Guinea; Wax
and Biak and Noemfoor Islands
j in Philippines, invaded Palawa]
Zamboanga sector of Mindana
Sulu Archipelago and Jolo.
= 10th Infantry - Invaded Luzo'
y Panay, Negros. Masbate ar
III Mindanao.
s. 43rd Infantry New Englar
S. Observation-Disclosures; capture
10 Munda airfield. New Georgia:
lie ugly Drinimor river battle, Ne
Guinea; invaded Luzon; ca
tured Manila water reservoir
g. Ipo. e 1884
77th N Infantry (New York