11th airborne and 511th parachute infantry yearbooks

The paratroopers enjoyed USO shows, gambled late into the night, and continued to hone their already deadly skills with countless practice jumps, field problems, firing drills and more. The camp covered roughly 60-acres and sits between the foothills of Mount Makiling and the northern shore of Laguna de Bay. Swing who was flying overhead in a Piper Cub. Additional jumpers included 3 Filipino guerilla aides of B Company (one per platoon, their names were Jing, Oscar and 1LT Carlos Charlie Chan, a member of the 45thHunters Regiment), plus Bob Fletcher, another 45thHunter, and 9 engineers under 1LT Alan Chenevert and SSG William Potoka from 3rd Platoon (-), C Co, 127th Airborne Engineers. 11th Airborne - 511th PIR 1943 Roster | Facebook An equally large thank-you is due to retired Brigadier-General Henry Hank Muller who was so integral to the raids success and in helping compile this timeline of the operation. When the other teams saw the drop planes, they rushed for the camp. Nurse Dorothy Still said, By March 1944, the whole spirit at Los Baos changed. His skillful judgment of the men selected was borne out by the fact that almost all of the original group were still with the unit at wars end. 511th Parachute Infantry Regt, 11th Airborne Division: Rank: First Lieutenant U.S. Army: Entered Service From: California : Date of Death: November 27 1944: Status: Missing In Action: Memorialized: Walls of the Missing. Given the conflicting results of the Allied airborne operations in North Africa and Italy, American military leadership questioned the need for airborne divisions and instead favored regimental-sized combat teams. The 11thAirborne Division is directed to attack, as soon as possible, the internment camp at Los Baos. 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment - Facebook Tom Mesereau to await the advance guard of Japans 8thDivision (his orders were to engage and cause them to deploy and then pull back which would delay the enemy by one hour). Here the battalion hides all day and the men are fully briefed on the operation and are allowed to study maps and aerial photographs of the camp and surrounding area. Unfortunately, the largest banca, carrying twelve men and crew, suffered a broken rudder and had to turn back. Keywords. On 1 June 1993, Company A, 511th Infantry was reactivated at Fort Rucker, Alabama to serve as pathfinders by reflagging the existing Company C, 509th Infantry. The guerrillas are equipped by Maj. Nicanor Liwagon and Ma Gabriel Cruz, regimental QMS officers, and fully briefed in Pila, Laguna, about 20 kilometers from Los Baos, the main base of nearly 10,000 combined guerrilla forces. Swing, G-2 LTC Henry Muller, G-3 Col. Douglas Quandt and 1/511s Maj. Henry Burgess (and staffs) spend the bulk of the day studying aerial photos, maps of the area between Manila and the camp, and analyzing the road network. Ben Edwards, one of the former prisoners, sketched the layout of the camp on the school blackboard for the paratroopers. Frustrated that they could not announce their success, the paratroopers were infuriated when they encountered armored units wearing, of all things, jump boots! The boys of the 511th PIR enjoyed Camp Mackall's superior facilities when not out on several-day bivouacs or long marches.

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