41st Infantry Division

Description

This is the legacy of the FIGHTING JUNGLEERS in World War II Pacific theater. Detailed battle accounts from beach landings at New Guinea to the Philippines. Vivid photos.

Sujets

• Histoire
• WW2
• 41st Division
• Division (military)
• Military
• History of the United States
• World War II
• United States
• Civil War
• History
• Seconde Guerre mondiale

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 1997
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781681622149
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

Extrait

41 ST I NFANTRY D IVISION
II
Fighting Jungleers
TURNER PUBLISHING COMPANY

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
Publisher s Message
Dedication
Letter to 41st Veterans
Association Information
Letter from the Author
History Outline
Introduction
P ART I - S TORIES F ROM V OLUME I
I. PAPUAN CAMPAIGN (Sanananda Operation, Salamaua Operation)
1. 163rd Infantry Regiment at Sanananda
163rd Infantry: Counter-Sniping from Musket Perimeter
A 163: Forty Minutes to Hell and Sanananda
B 163: Battle of Sanananda
B 163: Standing Patrol at Sanananda
B 163: Sanananda: The Victory Phase
C 163: Fisk Perimeter and Afterwards
E 163: Seventeen Days at Sanananda
F 163: BAR-man at Sanananda
F 163: Two Days Infighting at Sanananda
G 163: The Killerton Road Block
G 163: Infighting at Sanananda
I 163: Storming Perimeter U
K 163: Combat on Sanananda Road
L 163: From Musket Perimeter to the Kumusi River
2. (SANANANDA) 186th Infantry Regiment, Medics, Others
G 186: Patrol to the Kumusi
41st QM Co: Those Indispensable Quartermasters
B 116 Medical Battalion: Medic at Sanananda
Chaplain at Sanananda: The Reverend Joseph Castle
41st Special Services: Jungle Show Biz
D 186: Campaign in Papua
Service Co. 186: The Natives-Our Papuan Angels
116 Medical Battalion: Medics Tales
II. PAPUAN CAMPAIGN (Salamaua Operation)
1. 162nd Infantry, 205th and 218th Field Artillery, 641st. Tank Destroyer Battalion, Medics
2. 218th and 205th Field Artillery Battalions, 641st Tank Destroyer Battalion, Clearing Company, 116th Medical Battalion
1/Battalion 162: Shipwreck Landing
1/Battalion 162: Night in Green Hell
C 162: Cless-Robson Fight
C Battery, 218 FA: Cannoneers Up Bitoi River
1/Battalion 162: Assault on Mt. Tambu
B 162: Jungle Pursuit at Salamaua
162 s Information and Reconnaissance Platoon: Orange, Folsom, Tapioli
162nd Infantry Headquarters: Good Soldier Mackechnie s Salamaua Operation
C Battery, 205 FA Bn: Under the Japanese Cannon
641st Tank Destroyer Battalion: Volunteer to Salamaua
205th Field Artillery: Cannoneers of Salamaua
A 162: Battle on George Ridge
A 162: Fogel s Survival Patrol on Scout Ridge
205th Field Artillery: Cannoneers of Salamaua II
I 162: Epic Heroism on Scout Ridge
L 162 Perimeter Fighting on Scout Track Ridge
116th Medical Clearing Company: Jungle Medics
641st Tank Destroyer Battalion: Blue Water Odyssey to Battle
III. NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN (Aitape, Hollandia, Wakde, Biak Operation
A. AITAPE OPERATION (163rd Infantry Regiment)
G 163: The Marches of Aitape
G 163: Patrol to Marok Village
M 163: Machine-Gunners at Kamti Village
K L 163: Defense of Kamti Village
A. HOLLANDIA OPERATION (186th Infantry Regiment, 146th Field Artillery, Medics)
C 186: Borgonjie River, Hill 1,000
D 186: The Show at Hollandia
146th FA: Supporting 162nd Infantry at Hollandia
A 116 Medical Battalion: Medics at Hollandia
A. WAKDE OPERATION (163rd Infantry Regiment, 167th Field Artillery)
A 163: Combat Tour of Wakde
C 163: Coconut Hell on Wakde
D 163: Weapons Company on Wakde
F 163: Our Wakde Hell-Hole
H 163: Machine Gun Duel From Insoemanai
167th Field Artillery: Fights at Toem
M G Companies: Tementoe Creek and Tor River
163rd Infantry Regiment: War of Nerves at Toem
A. BIAK OPERATION (162nd, 186th, and 163rd Infantry, 41st Recon Troop, D Company 641st Tank Destroyer. Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Battalion, B and C Companies, 116th Medical Battalion)
(1.) Mostly 162nd Infantry on Biak
2/Battalion and 3/Battalion: Colonel Haney Forces Parai Defile
M 162: Machine Gunners in Parai Defile
146th Field Artillery: Battle in Parai Defile D Co. 641st Tank Destroyer Bn.: Rear Guard Action at Parai
A 116 Medical Battalion: Combat Medic on Biak
B and C Companies, 116th Engr. Bn.: Combat Engrs. on Biak
CN 162: Cannon Infantry of 162nd Regiment
CN 162: Cannon Infantry of Parai Defile
AT 162: Desperate Battles in Ibdi Pocket
B 162: In the Slot on Biak
C 162: Ibdi Pocket to West Caves
E 162: Fighting Around Biak Island
12 F 162: Heavy Combat on Biak Island
I 162: Parai Defile and Mokmer Ridge
L 162: First Against Mokmer Drome
(2.) Mostly 186th Infantry on Biak
B 116th Engineers: Our Great Road for 186th Infantry
186th Inf. and I Corps: Gen. Eichelberger s Beachhead on Biak
2/Battalion 186th Engineers: Closing the Great Gap on Biak
2/Battalion 186th Infantry: Battling Col. Kuzume s Big Banzai
B 186: Fighting the Mokmer Ridges
C 186: Tank Fighters on Biak
D 186 I: Battle for Mokmer Dromes
D 186 II: Sluggers with Heavy Weapons
E 186: Spearhead Company on Biak
G 186: Ridge Fighters on Biak
I 186: Our Luck on Biak
K 186: The Crossroads
L 186: Night fighters and Desert Rats
186 Information and Reconnaissance Platoon; Three Tales of I R
(3.) Mostly 163rd Infantry on Biak
41 Reconnaissance Troop: On the Biak Frontier
A 163: Slugging at Ibdi Pocket
B 163: Battle on Ghost Mountain
2/Battalion 163: Irving s Siege of Ibdi Pocket
G 163: Ibdi Pocket and G Company
G 163: Mopping Up on Biak
1/163: Ambush on Biak
3/Battalion 163: Last Days of Ibdi Pocket
41st Division Headquarters: General Fuller and His Barber
41st Division Headquarters: General Fuller s Infantry Navy
III. SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN (Palawan, Zamboanga, Jolo, Central Mindanao (Riverside-Calinan)
A. Palawan (186th Infantry and 167th Field Artillery)
E 186: First Blood on Palawan
186th Infantry and 167th Field Artillery: The Palawan Story
G 186th and 167th Field Artillery: The Cockpit on Palawan
A. Zamboanga (162nd, 163rd, and 186th Infantry and 146th Field Artillery)
B 162: Good Fighting at Zamboanga
E 162: Disaster at Zamboanga
F 162: Ridge Battles at Zamboanga
G 162: G Company 162nd Infantry Conquers Mt. Capisan
L 162: San Roque and Sibago Island
1/Battalion 163rd Infantry: Blow-Out Hill and Pasananca
G Company 163rd Infantry: G Company s Last Battle
146th Field Artillery: Zamboanga-Ring of Fire
K 186: Hill Fighting at Zamboanga
186th Infantry Regiment: Our Battle of Zamboanga
A. Jolo (163rd Infantry and 146th Field Artillery)
163rd Infantry: First Round on Jolo
146th Field Artillery: Fighting the Jolo Mountains
146th Field Artillery: Blasts Mt. Daho
L 163: The Great Ambush on Jolo
G 163: Classic Patrol on Jolo
A. Central Mindanao (Riverside to Calinan) just one history
3/Battalion 163rd Infantry: Bucking the Abaca Jungle
741st Ordnance Company: 741st Ordnance Had to Make Those Guns Work (Just recollections, beginning on Biak in 1944)
A. Appendix
Our Honored Dead
Decorations and Awards
Commanders of the Sunset Division
P ART II - N EW S TORIES F ROM J UNGLEER
Roosevelt Ridge and C Ridge
3/BN 163: Mokmer Ridge, Hill 320, the Teardrop
641 Tank Destroyer BN/2 PLN: Blasting East Caves, Mokmer Ridges
163 Inf. on Jolo II: Winning Mounts Magusing, Datu
I Co. 186: Our Two Battles of Zamboanga
B Co. 116 Medical Bn: Medic Schooley s Battle of Sanananda
E Co. 162: Roosevelt Ridge and Berger Hill
B Co. 163: First Wave on Wakde Beach
947 FA BN: Our 155mm Howitzers for Biak
AT Co.: Our Southern Philippine Campaign
L Co. 163: Capturing Zamboanga City
I Co. 186: Our Hard Luck at Hollandia
G Co. 163: Death Valley at Zamboanga
2 BN 162 HQ Co.: Bradshaw s War Against Roosevelt Ridge
A Co. 163 Figting The Sanananda Road-Bend Perimeters
28 FA: Toem, Wakde, and Maffin Bay
L Co. 163: War of Nerves at Davao
K Co. 162: Cram Hill At Zamboanga
41st Div. HQ and 186: General Fuller s Resignation
163 I R: 14 Hard Miles Over Biak
54 Inf. Mixed Brigade: Japanese Death March at Zamboanga
41st MP Platoon: Soldiers and Policmen
A Co. 162: Cutting the Komiatum Track
F G Co. s 186: The Landing and the Cave
L Co. 163: Combat in Abaca Jungle
2 BN HQ Co. 163: Ammunition and Pioneer Platoon
D Co. 186: Palawan, Zamboanga, and Sibuco Bay
116th Engr. Bn.: Combat and Labor in Papuan Campaign
K Co. 162: First Two Days in Parai Defile
G Co. 162: Breaching Roosevelt Ridge (Aug. 12-13, 1943)
G Co. 163: The Kumusi Patrol
M Co. 162: Parai Defile Through Death Ridge
2 BN 162: Chaplain Smith s Southern Philippine Campaign
M Co. 186: Our Biak Story
HQ Co., 1/BN 163: Wire and Water on Wakde (Memorial to Service Co. s 1/Lt. Frank Nugent
B Co. 116 Medical BN and G Co. 162 Medic: Medics at Toem and Parai Defile
C Co. 162: Sgt. Camp s Patrol Against OBA s Raiders
HQ Co., 2/BN 186: Into the Slot A West Caves
HQ Co. 2/BN 162: From C Ridge Into Salamaua-First!
HQ Co. 116 Engineers: Priefert s Battle of Biak
F Co. 163: Probing IBDI Pocket
Cannon Co. 162: Assault Guns at Zamboanga
C Co. 163: Bob Burns Story of Toem/Wakde
B Co. 163: Bayonet Charges at Sanananda
146 FA and 2/BN 163: Bongao and Sanga Sanga Islands
162 I R PLN: Last Days of 1/Lt. Myron Folson
1/BN 163: Pasananca and the Reservoir Perimeter
186 Inf. and Engr. Boat and Shore Regt.: The Hollandia Fire and Lake Sentani
205 FA BN on Biak
F Co. 163: Fighting the Ibdi Pocket Cliffs
HQ Co. 2/BN 186: Thirst on Biak
AT Co. 162: Mine Platoon on Biak
HQ Co. 2/BN 162: Patrol with Guerillas in Mindanao
Navy and Amphibious Engr.: First Wave Fighters for Wakde
C Co. 163: Battling Perimeters R and S
HQ Co. 1/BN 186: Wounded Near Death on Biak
205 FA BN (and K Co. 162): Forward Observer Schroeder on Roosevelt Ridge
I Co. 163: Tommy Gunner Gonzales on Mount Mabusing
AT Co. 163: Death of Keenan and Sullivan
B Co. 162: Our Soepiori Campaign
33rd Naval Guard (Japanese): Saga of the Japanese civilian Marine
B Co. 163: Bernard Marly s Battle of Sanananda
218 FA BN: Panek s Career with 218 FA
C Co. 162: Battle Before Dawn at Zamboanga
1/BN 186: Blunting Col. Kuzume s Last Offensive
Japanese Navy: KON Operations to Relieve Biak
1/BN 163: Conquering Mount Daho on Jolo
167 FA: Firing for 186 Infantry and 24th Div.
A Co. 116 Engr.: Night Fig