The Fight for Mindoro
A clearly detailed description of following through on a mission!!
Expanding a little more on last week’s post…
As 1944 was wrapping up in the Pacific Theater, units continued their march northward with the invasion and seizure of the island of Mindoro and continuing attacks on Clark Field, Luzon. Mindoro was considered a strategic asset for continued attacks and the eventual push towards reclaiming Luzon from the Japanese. The Japanese knew this, and even though they were driven off Mindoro on December 15th, they weren’t going to give up easily.
Two airfields were constructed on Mindoro within 13 days of the Allied takeover in preparation for the invasion of Luzon. Admiral Masatomi Kumura did not want to see these airfields become usable by the Americans and he assembled eight ships to sail from Vietnam on December 24th to Mindoro in hopes of disrupting the building efforts. It wasn’t until the 26th that their presence was detected some hours south of…
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Posted on July 22, 2017, in Uncategorized, WWII and tagged %th Air Force, Air Corps, aviation, History, Military, Philippines, WW@, WWII. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.
An amazing story of how an outnumbered, out-gunned force successfully staved of the Japanese attack!
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They were certainly the Greatest Generation! Inner strength, ingenuity and honor!
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Thank you for another reblog! We appreciate it!
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The pleasure is certainly all mine. No one compares to your research for the Pacific War!!
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Thank you!
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Another amazing story. Fast thinking by our boys.
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They made their own ‘user manuals’ as they went along.
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I love that phot of the B-24. Great plane!
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Yes, it truly is, Dan, and Jack Fellows, a member of the IHRA staff and world renowned artist did an outstanding job of depicting the action.
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