1 GHQ FEC, MI Sec, Hist Div, Statements of Japanese Officials of World War II, Vol. II, p. 687, Statement of Maj Gen Toshio Nishimura [Asst CofS 14th Area Army], copy in OCMH. ↑
3 G-1 Rpt, Sixth Army Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 152. ↑
4 Ltr, CG Sixth Army to CINC SWPA, 29 Aug 44, sub: Replacements for Forthcoming Opn, Sixth Army G-3 Jnl, 29 Aug 44. ↑
5 Ltr, Gen Krueger to Gen Ward, 12 Sep 51, OCMH. ↑
6 This unit was a separate regimental combat team. ↑
7 Sixth Army Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 62. ↑
10 Sixth Army FO 32, 14 Nov 44. ↑
11 X Corps FO’s 12–15, 12–16 Nov 44. ↑
12 128th Inf FO 4, 15 Nov 44. ↑
13 3d Bn, 128th Inf, Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 1. ↑
14 128th Inf Unit Rpt 1, 16 Nov 44. ↑
15 Capt Julius A. Sakas, The Operations of the 3d Battalion, 128th Infantry ... at Limon...., p. 29, Advanced Infantry Officers Course, 1949–50, The Infantry School, Ft. Benning, Ga. ↑
16 128th Inf Unit Rpt 2, 17 Nov 44. ↑
17 35th Army Opns, p. 66; 128th Inf Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 2. ↑
18 128th Inf Unit Rpt 6, 21 Nov 44; 128th Inf Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 3. ↑
19 32d Div Arty Unit Rpt 2, 20 Nov 44. ↑
20 X Corps G-2 Jnl, 23 Nov 44. ↑
21 X Corps G-3 Periodic Rpt 34, 22 Nov 44; X Corps G-2 and G-3 Jnls, 22 Nov 44. ↑
22 32d Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 7. ↑
23 X Corps Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 29. ↑
24 24th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 59. ↑
25 X Corps Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 27. ↑
26 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 10 Nov 44. ↑
27 24th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 61. Unless otherwise stated this subsection is based on the above report, pages 61–68. ↑
28 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 11 Nov 44. ↑
29 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 13 Nov 44. ↑
30 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 14 Nov 44. ↑
31 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 15 Nov 44. ↑
32 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 16 Nov 44. ↑
33 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 17 Nov 44. ↑
34 Curiously enough, while on leave in the United States, he had been caught without his dog tags and arrested for “impersonating an officer.” 24th Div Opns Dpt Leyte, p. 78. ↑
35 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 17 Nov 44. ↑
36 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 18 Nov 44. Jan Valtin in Children of Yesterday, page 247, states that Henry Kilay was the owner of the ridge. Properly the ridge bears his name. ↑
37 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 19 Nov 44. ↑
38 24th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 63. ↑
39 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 20 Nov 44. ↑
40 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 21 Nov 44. ↑
41 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 22 Nov 44. ↑
42 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 25 Nov 44. ↑
43 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 26 Nov 44. ↑
44 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 28 Nov 44. ↑
45 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 29 Nov 44. ↑
46 The message to Colonel Clifford, a former all-American football player from West Point, concluded: “You and your men have not been forgotten. You are the talk of the island, and perhaps the United States. Army beat Notre Dame 59 to 0, the worst defeat on record.” 24th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 67; 1st Bn, 34th Inf, Unit Jnl, 1 Dec 44. ↑
47 35th Army Opns, pp. 47–48. ↑
48 1st Cav Div FO 9, 10 Nov 44. ↑
49 1st Cav Div Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 43–45. ↑
50 112th Cav Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 1. ↑
51 Sixth Army G-3 Periodic Rpt 514, 14 Nov 44. ↑
52 Sixth Army FO 32, 14 Nov 44. ↑
53 X Corps FO 14, 15 Nov 44. ↑
54 1st Cav Div FO 11, 14 Nov 44. ↑
55 X Corps G-3 Periodic Rpt 47, 5 Dec 44. ↑
56 7th Cav Opns Rpt, Leyte, Part IV, S-2 Rpt, Tactical and Technical Characteristics of the Enemy, pp. 2, 5. ↑
57 1st Cavalry Division G-3 Periodic Rpt. 42, 1 Dec 44. ↑
58 112th Cav S-2 and S-3 Jnls, 2 Dec 44. ↑
59 1st Cav Div G-3 Periodic Rpt 45, 4 Dec 44; 112th Cav Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 6; 112th Cav S-2 and S-3 Jnl, 3, 4 Dec 44. ↑
60 112th Cav S-2 and S-3 Jnl, 3, 4 Dec 44; 112th Cav Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 6. ↑
61 112th Cav Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 6–8; 112th Cav S-2 and S-3 Jnl, 4–10 Dec 44; 1st Cav Div G-3 Periodic Rpts 46–51, 5–10 Dec 44; 1st Cav Div Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 46–50. ↑
62 112th Cav Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 6–8; 1st Cav Div Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 47–50; 112th Cav S-2 and S-3 Jnl, 4 Dec 44, 6–9 Dec 44; 1st Cav Div G-3 Periodic Rpts 46–51, 10 Dec 44. ↑
63 112th Cav S-2 and S-3 Jnl, 10 Dec 44. ↑
64 112th Cav S-2 and S-3 Jnl, 9–14 Dec 44; 7th Cav Div Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 11–12; 112th Cav Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 7–9; 1st Cav Div G-3 Periodic Rpts 53–56, 12–15 Dec 44. ↑
65 XXIV Corps Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 9. ↑
66 XXIV Corps FO 22, 8 Nov 44. This order confirmed previously issued oral orders. ↑
68 14th Area Army Opns Leyte, p. 8. ↑
69 382d Inf Unit Rpt 14, 2 Nov 44. ↑
70 Orlando Davidson, J. Carl Willems, and Joseph A. Kahl, The Deadeyes: The Story of the 96th Infantry Division (Washington, Infantry Journal Press [now Combat Forces Press], 1947), p. 49. ↑
71 Sergeant Thompson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. ↑
72 96th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 54; 96th Div G-3 Periodic Rpt 14, 3 Nov 44; 382d Inf Unit Rpt 15, 3 Nov 44; Davidson et al., The Deadeyes, p. 49. ↑
73 Davidson et al., The Deadeyes, p. 51; 96th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 54; 382d Inf Unit Rpt 16, 4 Nov 44; 96th Div G-3 Periodic Rpt 15, 4 Nov 44. ↑
74 Davidson et al., The Deadeyes, p. 51; 382d Inf Unit Rpt 17, 5 Nov 44; 96th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 55; 96th Div G-3 Periodic Rpt 16, 5 Nov 44; 763d Tank Bn Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 5. ↑
75 96th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 55; 382d Inf Unit Rpt 18, 6 Nov 44. ↑
76 35th Army Opns, pp. 57–58. ↑
77 382d Inf Unit Rpt 19, 7 Nov 44. ↑