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	Preludes to Victory - Contents
		Battle For Leyte Gulf - October 1944,page 106
		18.The Battle of Ormoc Bay - December 1944,
		The Battle of Ormoc Bay II - December 1944,
	www.ormocbattle.com /content.htm (180 words)

	The History Place - Timeline of Pacific War
		Japanese naval victory in the Battle of the Java Sea as the largest U.S. warship in the Far East, the HOUSTON, is sunk.
		Battle of Vella Gulf in the Solomon Islands.
		Battle of Leyte Gulf results in a decisive U.S. Naval victory.
	www.historyplace.com /unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm (2042 words)

	"Memoirs of Mindoro and Area, 1846-1969: 123 Years"
		Mindoro; son of Alonzo Pettingill, who was born in Otsego Co., N. Y., December, 1802, where he was married to Lucy Davis; removed to Michigan in the spring of 1854, and to La Crosse Co. May, 1856, settled in Lewis Valley, where his father still lives.
		MINDORO COMMUNITY FAIR The fifth annual Horticultural and Community Fair, held at Mindoro on Sat., Oct. 25th, 1924, under the auspices of the Mindoro Horticultural Society and the Mindoro Schools, proved far superior in every way to all previous fairs.
		MINDORO 1969 By Estella Bryhn The Mindoro Community Fair Saturday, Sept. 6 will be a gala affair, a historic event to remember, for the theme of the fair is the 50th anniversary of the Mindoro Community club which annually sponsors the fair.
	murphylibrary.uwlax.edu /digital/lacrosse/MindoroMemoirs (10013 words)

	Battle of Mindoro
		The Battle of Mindoro presaged the main invasion of Luzon in the northern Philippines by US forces in the penultimate campaign for the liberation of the archipelago.
		Mindoro became a logical choice for this strategy.
		Just south of Luzon, and about half the size of the state of New Jersey, the island is covered by mountains, with a few narrow plains along its coast.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ba/Battle%20of%20Mindoro.htm (646 words)

	Battle_of_Mindoro - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		The Battle of Mindoro fought between U.S. and Japanese forces at Mindoro Island in the northern Philippines from December 13 to December 16, 1944, to establish a strong base of operations for the main invasion of Luzon Island, was part of the penultimate campaign for the liberation of the archipelago.
		On 15 December, the invasion of Mindoro began.
		Some 300 enemy troops manning an air raid warning station at the island's northern end managed to put up a stiff fight against a company of the 503rd but except for mopping up, the island was secure within 48 hours.
	www.thewordbook.com /Battle_of_Mindoro (867 words)

	Mindorofacts: My entries
		Strains of the Mangyan dialect spoken are Arayan, Alagnan, Buhid, Hunuo, and Tadyawan.
		Occidental Mindoro is situated along the western part of the island, located south of the province of Batangas in Southern Luzon.
		On the north, it is bounded by Verde Island Passage, on the west and the south by Mindoro Strait, and on the east by Oriental Mindoro.
	mindoro.21publish.com /Mindorofacts (4278 words)

	3ACSMINDORO
		This activity was hampered by enemy air activity, the weather, and the requirement to prepare equipment for the Mindoro operation.
		The men were at battle stations one hour before dawn, acting as ammunition handlers for the gun crews.
		The night shift operators, aware that the airfield would be required to be operational by dawn, displayed courage and fortitude by standing by at the airstrip during the shelling.
	www.homestead.com /raafacs/3ACSMINDORO.html (1665 words)

	Maps WWII Pacific Theater 1944-1945
		General MacArthur came ashore on the first day of the assault and issued his famous address to the Filipinos: "I have returned..." After two months of intensive battle, US armed forces had effectively completed the capture of the island.
		One of the great naval battles of WWII ensued from the American landings on Leyte as the opponents sought to reinforce units already on Leyte.
		Japan assembled most of its remaining naval assets for the battle and aimed to destroy the US transports bringing military reinforcements to Leyte.
	www.onwar.com /maps/wwii/pacific2/index2.htm (722 words)

	Mindoro Nickel Project MPSA Reinstated
		The people of Mindoro have fought a long and hard battle to protect critical river systems and the indigenous rights of the Mangyan people living in the mountains where Crew wants to position this mine.
		This battle was won on solid scientific evidence and by showing that indigenous rights had been ignored.
		The company has recently commissioned its first new mine (gold) and is preparing for the development of a second mining operation (olivine) in Greenland, an environmentally highly sensitive area, under the highest World Bank and European environmental and social standards and in cooperation with local government-owned partners.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press300.htm (759 words)

	United States Battles of WWII
		United States Battles in World War II The United States first official battle was December 11, 1941 when Germany declared war on the U.S. after loosing to Japanese at the Battle of Pearl Harbor.
		In April of 1942 there was one battle involving the U.S. It was April 9, 1942 the Philippines surrendered to the U.S. On May 6,1942 during World War II U.S. and Filipino troops surrendered to Japan on Cornegidor Island.
		The Allied's first battle in North Africa began with "Operation Torch" on November 8, 1942.
	library.thinkquest.org /5682/bobby_the_2.htm (409 words)

	"Lightning Over Mindoro" by Marc Stewart
		On December 20, 1944, U.S. landings began on Mindoro Island in the Philippines.
		The enemy fled the battle, and Capt. Paris' flight continued to cover the undamaged PBY.
		Highly decorated, Capt. Paris was awarded numerous medals including: the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross with 3 clusters, the Air Medal with 7 clusters, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic-Pacific Medal with five battle stars, and the Philippine Liberation Medal with 2 battle stars.
	www.aviationart.homestead.com /LightningOverMindoro.html (220 words)

	The Battle of Badung Strait by Vincent O'Hara
		The Battle of Badung Strait by Vincent O'Hara
		The Battle of Sibuyan Sea (24 October 1944) occurred approximately 330 miles distant and the Battle off Cape Engaño (25 October 1944) was fought about 700 sea miles to the north.
		Ergo, the so-called Battle for Leyte Gulf would actually be more accurately titled “The Campaign for Leyte Gulf”—just as the nine battles of the Central Solomons are referred to as “The Solomons Campaign” and not “The Battle of the Solomon Islands”.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/Battles/new_look_leyte.htm (3275 words)

	MIMAROPA, Region IV-B, Philippines
		East of the Province of Oriental Mindoro is the smaller province of Marinduque.
		Northeast of the Province of Palawan in Region IV of the Philippine Republic is the island of Mindoro, which (with surrounding smaller islands) constituted the Province of Mindoro from 1921 until 1950, when it was split into Occidental and Oriental halves.
		Occidental Mindoro has a population of 378,000 in eleven towns, of which Mamburao is the capital, on 5880 sq.km.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ph-ivb.html (1238 words)

	List of battles 1901-2000 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Battle of Leros September 26 - November 16 - German attack and force surrender of British garrison on Leros.
		Battle of Cisterna January 29- Part of Operation Shingle- the 1st, 3rd, and 4th US Army Ranger battalions attempted to capture the town of Cisterna.
		Battle of Peleliu September 17 - A fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_battles_1901-2000 (0 words)

	Manila Bay
		It was later noted in the American press as an example of the nonchalance the Americans exhibited in the battle by stopping in the middle for a bite to eat, while still within range of the enemy's guns in their fortifications.
		In fact, it was higher than the American hit rate at the later naval Battle of Santiago, a fact attributable to the Spanish vessels being generally stationary targetsThe Spanish, of course, hit their targets much less than the Americans.
		The stress of the battle and the excessive heat in his battle station in the OLYMPIA's conning tower (an armored steel cylinder with a slit in it to view the action outside) were too much for him.
	www.spanamwar.com /mbay.htm (5608 words)

	Battle of Mindoro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Mindoro fought between U.S. and Japanese forces at Mindoro island in the northern Philippines from December 13 to 16, 1944, to establish a strong base of operations for the main invasion of Luzon island, was part of the penultimate campaign for the liberation of the archipelago.
		Mindoro became a logical choice for this strategy.
		Just south of Luzon, and about half the size of the state of New Jersey, the island is covered by mountains, with a few narrow plains along its coast.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Mindoro (0 words)

	MCGLASHON
		Mindoro only 150 miles from Manila, was experiencing its "dry", while Leyte about 350 miles from the capital was bogged down in the wet" season making it difficult to give air fighter cover to the Luzon attack.
		Mindoro objective was to establish airfields within five days of the initial attack, to provide a base for air cover for Luzon, and to attack air and sea routes to the China coast.
		Admiral Halsey with four battle ships, seven light Air Craft Carriers, cruisers and destroyers was well out proceeding the convoy into Sulu Sea and are to shell our objective on U-I day.
	www.homestead.com /raafacs/MCGLASHON.html (1571 words)

	Battleships/USS Alabama BB-60 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On 19 June, during the Battle of the Philippine Sea Alabama operated with TG 58.7, providing antiaircraft support for the fast carriers against attacking Japanese aircraft.
		On 24 October, although American air strikes destroyed four Japanese carriers in the Battle off Cape Engano, the Japanese Central Force under Admiral Kurita had transited San Bernardino Strait and emerged off the coast of Samar, where it fell upon a task group of American escort carriers and their destroyer and destroyer escort screen.
		Alabama reversed her course and headed for Samar to assist the greatlv yutnumbered American forces, but the Japanese had retreated by the time she reached the scene.
	www.navyhistory.com /battle/Alabama2.html (0 words)

	NOW with Bill Moyers. Society & Community. Veteran Scrapbook \| PBS
		We didn't know until later that a pivotal naval battle of the war was taking place some distance offshore as a Japanese armada attempted to decimate the toehold achieved in the recent Leyte landing.
		As smaller ships straggled in from the battle we took aboard many naval pilots who suffered various injuries as a result of ditching their planes in the sea.
		As our antiaircraft guns were firing away the rest of us at our battle stations watched the bomb being released as the plane began to come in over the bow.
	www.pbs.org /now/society/scrapbook5.html (1263 words)

	History of the 503d (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Originally, it was intended for the 503rd to jump on Mindoro but due to inadequate airstrip facilities on Leyte an airborne landing was not possible.
		Almost immediately after returning to Mindoro from Corregidor, the Combat Team was called upon to bolster the 40th Division which was bogged down on the Island of Negros, in the Central Philippines.
		The objectives of the proposed jump, a strategic bridge and a large lumber mill, were destroyed by Japanese forces, thereby eliminating the first objectives of the 503d.
	www.thedropzone.org /pacific/503hist.html (0 words)

	Remembering Mindoro
		Airfields in the Southwest of Mindoro would be much closer to the targets on the big island.
		The edict remained in force for most of our voyage from Leyte to Mindoro since we were under attack, or expected to be under attack most of the time.
		We never had a significant rainstorm during our occupation of Mindoro so we had no way of knowing what the river was like under those circumstances but we suspected the stream bed could be a raging torrent.
	www.corregidor.org /heritage_battalion/abbott/mindoro.html (7269 words)

	USS BUSH-SHORT HISTORY
		It was on this date that the CONSTITUTION earned her nickname "Old Ironsides" during her famous battle with the British frigate HMS GUERRIERE (a French built ship captured by the British in 1806).
		Leading another resupply group to Mindoro, the BUSH's fire fought off plane attacks during the entire run from Leyte.
		The second ship to bear the name BUSH, the DD-529 was christened by Miss Marion Jackson Allston, Massachusetts, great, great grandniece of the vessel's namesake, First Lieutenant William S. Bush, a Marine Corps officer who lost his life on board the USS Constitution during the war of 1812.
	www.ussbush.com /shrthist.htm (1694 words)

	Leyte Gulf
		This timeline of the Battle of Leyte Gulf is based on the Naval Chronology 1944 of Byrd archive with additions from the book Fast Carriers: The Forging of an Air Navy, by Clark G Reynolds, 1968.
		Battle for Leyte Gulf (13-16 October) opens as United States submarines off Palawan Island sight and attack the Center Force of three Japanese naval groups moving on Leyte in a major effort to drive United States forces from the Philippines.
		Battle for Leyte Gulf (23-26 October) ends as carrier-based and Army aircraft bomb the retiring Japanese ships which have survived the previous days' action.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/WW2Timeline/LUTZ/leyte.html (1899 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		Costly naval battles were to be fought for three months, and the bitter struggle on the ground was to continue for half a year.
		As the battle ashore reached its peak on October 26, the two navies clashed in the Battle of Santa Cruz north of the Santa Cruz Islands.
		The Battle for Leyte Gulf, which took place on October 23-26, was actually a series of major surface and air engagements, culminating in three almost simultaneous naval actions: the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Samar, and the Battle off Cape Engano.
	gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_9.html (0 words)

	U.S.S Foote History
		It was during the battle of Empress Augusta Bay off Bougainville on the night of November, 2, 1943, that Captain Burke's "LITTLE BEAVERS" proved that fast destroyers operating in unison could defeat a superior enemy force.
		The FOOTE was further tested in the first re-supply convoy to Mindoro and the shore bombardments at Lingayen Gulf, Luzon where Allied Forces landed to retake Manila.
		It was during the battle for Okinawa in the Ryukyu Chain at the southern tip of Japan that the Japanese sent their Death Squadrons against the fleet in a last ditch effort to turn back the American forces.
	www.ussfoote.com /history.html (605 words)

	Battle of Luzon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leyte – Leyte Gulf – Ormoc Bay – Mindoro – Lingayen Gulf –
		The Battle of Luzon, on the island of Luzon, home to the Filipino capital Manila, saw the showdown between Japanese commander Tomoyuki Yamashita and General Douglas MacArthur on December 15, 1944.
		This article about a battle of World War II is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Luzon (0 words)

	PACIFIC THEATER: OVERVIEW 2
		On 12 March 1944 the Joint Chiefs of Staff rearranged the schedules of advance of both prongs of the Pacific Theater directing MacArthur to plan for the invasion of Luzon and Nimitz to plan for the invasion of Formosa early in 1945.
		The Japanese hastily reassembled their naval forces and sailed northwestward into the Battle of the Philippine Sea (19-20 June 1944) where the unprepared and unsupported Japanese suffered another shattering naval defeat, a defeat which assured the success of the invasions of both Biak and the Marianas.
		The climactic air-naval Battle of Leyte Gulf virtually eliminated the Japanese Navy as a factor in the Pacific war.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_pacific_2.php (1589 words)

	Avalanche Press (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the time frame of the Battle Star earned for the raids, BB60 would be a vital part of Task Force 58, centered around the carrier Enterprise during the Hollandia Operation, covered by Operational Scenario Two.
		Her star for the Leyte Operation would include being a part of the largest naval battle in history, and the centerpiece of the new monster game of the same name.
		Troops began to go ashore on the 20th and then the IJN would send the vast majority of her remaining surface fleet in a desperate attempt to halt the American tide.
	www.avalanchepress.com /BattleshipAlabama.php (2171 words)

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