The Angels
Subtitle: A History Of The 11th Airborne Division, 1943-1946
Edition: [1st. ed.]
Publisher: Infantry Journal Press
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: United States. -- Army. -- 11th Division.; United States. -- Army -- Airborne troops.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- 11th Division.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: INTRODUCTION ix; title: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS x; title: Chapter 1: ACTIVATION 1; title: Chapter 2: TRAINING 5; title: Chapter 3: THE LIGHTER SIDE 12; title: Chapter 4: CAMP POLK 16; title: Chapter 5: NEW GUINEA 21; title: Chapter 6: LEYTE: 6 TO 11 DECEMBER 1944 31; title: Chapter 7: LEYTE: CLEARING THE MOUNTAINS 55; title: Chapter 8: NASUGBU TO MANILA 67; title: Chapter 9: MANILA TO LOS BANOS 81; title: Chapter 10: THE LOS BANOS RAID 93; title: Chapter 11: SOUTHERN LUZON AND MALEPUNYO 99; title: Chapter 12: INTERROGATION OF GENERAL FUJISHIGE 121; title: Chapter 13: MOPPING UP; REST CAMP; OKINAWA 130; title: Chapter 14: OKINAWA TO JAPAN 147; title: Chapter 15: OCCUPATION OF JAPAN 157; title: Appendix I: DECORATIONS AND AWARDS 169; title: Appendix II: DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATIONS 172; title: Maps; title: 1: DOBODURA TO LEYTE 28; title: 2: THE LEYTE CAMPAIGN 32; title: 3: 11TH AIRBORNE RELIEVES 7 th DIVISION 36; title: 4: JAPANESE PARACHUTE ATTACK AND SITUATION ON 6 DECEMBER 1944 48; title: 5: ATTACK THROUGH MAHONAG 54; title: 6: BATTLE OF PURPLE HEART HILL 58; title: 7: LEYTE TO LUZON 68; title: 8: MARCH ON MANILA 70; title: 9: OPERATION MIKE VI 74; title: 10: BATTLE OF AGA DEFILE 78; title: 11: GENKO LINE 82; title: 12: REDUCTION OF THE GENKO LINE 86; title: 13: LOS BANOS RAID 94; title: 14: ACTION NORTH OF LAKE TAAL 101; title: 15: REDUCTION OF TERNATE AND PICO DE LORO AREA 104; title: 16: JAPANESE DEFENSE OF MT. MACOLOD 108; title: 17: REDUCTION OF MT. MACOLOD 109; title: 18: JAP DEFENSES ON MT. MALEPUNYO 116; title: 19: REDUCTION OF MT. MALEPUNYO 117; title: 20: GYPSY TASK FORCE 140; title: 21: JUNCTION OF 11th AIRBORNE AND 37th DIVISIONS 142; title: 22: LIPA TO JAPAN 149; title: 23: DISPOSITION OF 11th AIRBORNE IN TOKYO BAY AREA 156; title: 24: OCCUPATION OF JAPAN 165