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of t
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War
thr
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treac
h ev
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ms
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duca
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nspi
re a
ll m
embe
rs
of A
mer
ican
soc
iety
by
hono
ring
the
selfl
ess
acts
of c
oura
ge a
nd h
eroi
sm
perf
orm
ed b
y U
.S. s
oldi
ers i
n th
e se
rvic
e of
our
nat
ion.
Thro
ugh
this
com
mem
orat
ion,
we
will
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embe
r the
sacr
ifice
s of t
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ore
than
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wou
nded
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aptu
red
durin
g th
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htin
g of
Wor
ld W
ar II
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or th
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mer
ican
so
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rs w
ho se
rved
in W
orld
War
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ents
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ting
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ar I
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ions
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azooka team of the 1st C
avalry Division fires through a shell hole in the w
all of a baseball park at M
anila, Luzon, P.I., 16 February 1945.
Facts:
ElevenU
.S. Arm
y Divisions—
Largest Pacific Cam
paign
Five
Am
phibious Assaults
Three
A
irborne Assaults
Liberation of Manila
Largest Urban C
ombat in Pacific T
heater
47,000
Casualties
(dead, wounded, sick, injured, m
issing, or captured)
LUZ
ON
CA
MPA
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Kee
ping
G
ener
al
Dou
glas
M
acA
rthu
r’s
pled
ge
to
retu
rn
and
liber
ate
the
Phili
ppin
es, t
he U
.S. S
ixth
Arm
y m
ade
a m
assiv
e am
phib
ious
ass
ault
alon
g th
e
shor
es o
f the
Lin
gaye
n G
ulf o
n th
e isl
and
of L
uzon
on
9 Ja
nuar
y 19
45. T
houg
h th
e
Japa
nese
com
man
der c
ondu
cted
a p
rotra
cted
def
ense
to d
elay
the
Alli
ed a
dvan
ce
on Ja
pan,
the
1st C
aval
ry D
ivisi
on a
nd th
e 37
th In
fant
ry D
ivisi
on ra
ced
dow
n th
e
cent
ral v
alle
y to
war
d M
anila
to jo
in u
p w
ith a
sec
ond
amph
ibio
us la
ndin
g le
d by
the
11th
Airb
orne
Div
ision
tha
t la
unch
ed f
orty
-five
mile
s so
uthw
est
of M
anila
on 1
5 Ja
nuar
y. T
he U
.S. a
nd F
ilipi
no t
roop
s en
circ
led
the
Phili
ppin
e ca
pita
l by
3 Fe
brua
ry, t
hen
enga
ged
tena
ciou
s Ja
pane
se d
efen
ders
in
bitte
r ho
use-
to-h
ouse
fight
ing
until
Mar
ch. M
eanw
hile
, U.S
. tro
ops a
ttack
ed e
nem
y fo
rces
ens
conc
ed in
thre
e m
ount
ain
stro
ngho
lds.
Exce
pt fo
r one
last
Jap
anes
e ba
stio
n in
mou
ntai
nous
nort
h-ce
ntra
l Luz
on th
at fo
ught
bac
k un
til th
e w
ar e
nded
, org
aniz
ed re
sista
nce
on
Luzo
n ce
ased
in la
te M
ay.
All
phot
os c
ourt
esy
of N
atio
nal A
rchi
ves
Cov
er il
lust
ratio
n: C
uida
do –
Tak
e Ca
re. B
ushm
aste
rs! b
y H
. Cha
rles
McB
arro
n
Bic
ol C
ampa
ign,
Luz
on, P
hilip
pine
Isla
nds.
3 –
4 A
pril
1945
.
U.S
. Arm
y C
ente
r of
Mili
tary
His
tory
U.S. A
rmy C
orps & D
ivisions
I C
orps X
I Corps
XIV
Corps
1st C
avalry Division
6th Infantry Division
11th Airborne D
ivision 24th InfantryD
ivision
25th Infantry D
ivision 32d Infantry D
ivision 33d Infantry D
ivision 37th Infantry D
ivision
38th Infantry D
ivision 40th Infantry D
ivision 43d Infantry D
ivision