Valor at Leyte / Lawrence Cortesi.
Material type: TextNew York : Kensington Pub.Description: 252 pages : illustrations 22 cmContent type:- text
- volume
- 0-8217-1213-6
- DS 686.4 .C818 1983a
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Isagani R. Cruz Collection | Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center | DS 686.4 .C818 1983a (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 3IRC0000005464 |
p. 249-252
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The Japanese held the high ground on Leyte, the Philippine island which both sides saw as crucial to controlling the Pacific. Since the Japanese held a double advantage of being dug in and knowing that reinforcements were on the way, they felt secure against the lines of U.S. infantry and Marines battling across the island. What the Japanese didn't take into account, though, was the U.S.'s superiority in the air -- our ability and willingness to brave stormy skies and anti-aircraft fire--as wave after wave of American fighters and bombers pounded the enemy troop convoys and supply ships into a watery grave in Ormoc Bay. --From the back cover
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