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Copyright: 1/1/1997

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Publisher's Message

(1)

Dedication

(1)

Letter to 41st Veterans

(1)

Association Information

(1)

Letter from the Author

(1)

History Outline

(2)

Introduction

(2)

PART I -- STORIES FROM VOLUME I

(240)

I. PAPUAN CAMPAIGN (Sanananda Operation Salamaua Operation)

(44)

1. 163rd Infantry Regiment at Sanananda

(28)

163rd Infantry: Counter-Sniping from Musket Perimeter

(2)

A 163: Forty Minutes to Hell and Sanananda

(2)

B 163: Battle of Sanananda

(2)

B 163: Standing Patrol at Sanananda

(2)

B 163: Sanananda: The Victory Phase

(1)

C 163: Fisk Perimeter and Afterwards

(3)

E 163: Seventeen Days at Sanananda

(1)

F 163: BAR-man at Sanananda

(2)

F 163: Two Days Infighting at Sanananda

(3)

G 163: The Killerton Road Block

(1)

G 163: Infighting at Sanananda

(3)

I 163: Storming Perimeter U

(2)

K 163: Combat on Sanananda Road

(2)

L 163: From Musket Perimeter to the Kumusi River

(2)

2. (SANANANDA) 186th Infantry Regiment, Medics, Others

(16)

G 186: Patrol to the Kumusi

(1)

41st QM Co: Those Indispensable Quartermasters

(3)

B 116 Medical Battalion: Medic at Sanananda

(2)

Chaplain at Sanananda: The Reverend Joseph Castle

(2)

41st Special Services: Jungle Show Biz

(2)

D 186: Campaign in Papua

(2)

Service Co. 186: The Natives-Our Papuan Angles

(2)

116 Medical Battalion: Medics' Tales

(2)

II. PAPUAN CAMPAIGN (Salamaua Operation)

(35)

1. 162nd Infantry, 205th and 218th Field Artillery, 641st. Tank Destroyer Battalion, Medics

(1)

2. 218th and 205th Field Artillery Battalions, 641st Tank Destroyer Battalion, Clearing Company, 116th Medical Battalion

(35)

1/Battalion 162: Shipwreak Landing

(2)

1/Battalion 162: Night in Green Hell

(2)

C 162: Cless-Robson Fight

(2)

C Battery, 218FA: Cannoneers Up Bitoi River

(3)

1/Battalion 162: Assault on Mt. Tambu

(2)

B 162: Jungle Pursuit at Salamaua

(2)

162's Information and Reconnaissance Platoon: Orange, Folsom, Tapioli

(2)

162nd Infantry Headquarters: Good Soldier Mackechnie's Salamaua Operations

(1)

C Battery, 205 FA Bn: Under the Japanese Cannon

(2)

641st Tank Destroyer Battalion: Volunteer to Salamaua

(1)

205th Field Artillery: Cannaoneers of Salamaua

(2)

A 162: Battle on George Ridge

(2)

A 162: Fogel's Survival Patrol on Scout Ridge

(2)

205th Field Artillery: Cannoneers of Salamaua II

(2)

I 162: Epic Heroism on Scout Ridge

(3)

L 162 Perimeter Fighting on Scout Track Ridge

(2)

116th Medical Clearing Company: Jungle Medics

(1)

641st Tank Destroyer Battalion: Blue Water Odyssey to Battle

(2)

III. NEW GUINEA CAMPAIGN (Aitape, Hollandia, Wakde, Biak Operation

(104)

A. AITAPE OPERATION (163rd Infantry Regiment)

(9)

G 163: The Marches of Aitape

(2)

G 163: Patrol to Marok Village

(1)

M 163: Machine-Gunners at Kamti Village

(4)

K & L 163: Defense of Kamti Village

103

(2)

A. HOLLANDIA OPERATION (186th Infantry Regiment, 146th Field Artillery, Medics)

105

(6)

C 186: Borgonjie River, Hill, 1000

105

(2)

D 186: The Show at Hollandia

107

(2)

146th FA: Supporting 162nd Infantry at Hollandia

109

(1)

A 116 Medical Battalion: Medics at Hollandia

110

(1)

A. WAKDE OPERATION (163rd Infantry Regiment, 167th Field Artillery)

111

(14)

A 163: Combat Tour of Wakde

111

(1)

C 163: Coconut Hell on Wakde

112

(2)

D 163: Weapons Company on Wakde

114

(2)

F 163: Our Wakde Hell-Hole

116

(2)

H 163: Machine Gun Duel From Insoemanai

118

(1)

167th Field Artillery: Fights at Toem

119

(2)

M & G Companies: Tementoe Creek and Tor River

121

(2)

163rd Infantry Regiment: War of Nerves at Toem

123

(2)

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)

125

(1)

(1.) Mostly 162nd Infantry on Biak

2/Battalion and 3/Battalion: Colonel Haney Forces Parai Defile

125

(2)

M 162: Machine Gunners in Parai Defile

127

(3)

146th Field Artillery: Battle in Parai Defile D Co. 641st Tank Destroyer Bn: Rear Guard Action at Parai

130

(2)

A 116 Medical Battalion: Combat Medic on Biak

132

(1)

B and C Companies, 116th Enger. Bn: Combat Engrs. on Biak

133

(2)

CN 162: Cannon Infantry of 162nd Regiment

135

(2)

CN 162: Cannon Infantry of Parai Defile

137

(2)

AT 162: Desperate Battles in Ibdi Pocket

139

(2)

B 162: In the Slot on Biak

141

(2)

C 162: Ibdi Pocket to West Caves

143

(1)

E 162: Fighting Around Biak Island

144

(2)

12 F 162: Heavy Combat on Biak Island

146

(2)

I 162: Parai Defile and Mokmer Ridge

148

(2)

L 162: First Against Mokmer Drome

150

(2)

(2.) Mostly 186th Infantry on Biak

B 116th Engineers: Our Great Road for 186th Infantry

152

(2)

186th Inf. and I Corps: Gen. Eichelberger's Beachhead on Biak

154

(2)

2/Battalion 186th Engineers: Closing the Great Gap on Biak

156

(2)

2/Battalion 186th Infantry: Battling Col. Kuzume's Big Banazai

158

(1)

B 186: Fighting the Mokmer Ridges

159

(2)

C 186: Tank Fighters on Biak

161

(1)

D 186 I: Battle for Mokmer Dromes

162

(3)

D 186 II: Sluggers with Heavy Weapons

165

(2)

E 186: Spearhead Company on Biak

167

(4)

G 186: Ridge Fighters on Biak

171

(2)

I 186: Our Luck on Biak

173

(2)

K 186: The Crossroads

175

(2)

L 186: Night Fighters and Desert Rats

177

(2)

186 Information and Reconnaissance Platoon; Three Tales of I&R

179

(2)

(3.) Mostly 163rd Infantry on Biak

41 Reconnaissance Troop: On the Biak Frontier

181

(2)

A 163: Slugging at Ibdi Pocket

183

(2)

B 163: Battle on Ghost Mountain

185

(2)

2/Battalion 163: Irving's Siege of Ibdi Pocket

187

(1)

G 163: Ibdi Pocket and G Company

188

(2)

G 163: Mopping Up on Biak

190

(2)

I/163: Ambush on Biak

192

(2)

3/Battalion 163: Last Days of Ibdi Pocket

194

(2)

41st Division Headquaters: General Fuller and His Barber

196

(2)

41st Division Headquarters: General Fuller's Infantry Navy

198

(2)

III. SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN (Palawan, Zamboanga, Jolo, Central Mindanao (Riverside-Calinan)

200

(57)

A. Palawan (186th Infantry and 167th Field Artillery)

200

(5)

E 186: First Blood on Palawan

200

(2)

186th Infantry and 167th Field Artillery: The Cockpit on Palawan

202

(2)

G 186th and 167th Field Artillery: The Cockpit on Palawan

204

(1)

A. Zamboanga (162nd, 163rd, and 186th Infantry and 146th Field Artillery)

205

(19)

B 162: Good Fighting at Zamboanga

205

(2)

E 162: Disaster at Zamboanga

207

(2)

F 162: Ridge Battles at Zamboanga

209

(1)

G 162: G Company 162nd Infantry Conquers Mt. Capisan

210

(2)

L 162: San Roque and Sibago Island

212

(2)

1/Battalion 163rd Infantry: Blow-Out Hill and Pasananca

214

(3)

G Company 163rd Infantry: G Company's Last Battle

217

(2)

146th Field Artillery: Zamboanga-Ring of Fire

219

(1)

K 186: Hill Fighting at Zamboanga

220

(2)

186th Infantry Regiment: Our Battle of Zamboanga

222

(2)

A. Jolo(163rd Infantry and 146th Field Artillery) 163rd Infantry: First Round on Jolo

224

(11)

146th Field Artillery: Fighting the Jolo Mountains

227

(2)

146th Field Artillery: Blasts Mt. Daho

229

(2)

L 163: The Great Ambush on Jolo

231

(2)

G 163: Classic Patrol on Jolo

233

(2)

A. Central Mindanao (Riverside to Calinan) just one history

235

(4)

3/Battalion 163rd Infanity: Bucking the Abaca Jungle

235

(1)

741st Ordnance Company: 741st Ordnance Had to Make Those Guns Work (Just recollections, beginning on Biak in 1944)

236

(3)

A. Appendix

239

(18)

Our Honored Dead

240

(2)

Decorations and Awards

242

(5)

Commanders of the Sunset Division

247

(10)

PART II -- NEW STORIES FROM JUNGLEER

257

Roosevelt Ridge and C Ridge

258

(2)

3/BN 163: Mokmer Ridge, Hill 320, the Teardrop

260

(3)

641 Tank Destroyer BN/2 PLN: Blasting East Caves, Mokmer Ridges

263

(2)

163 Inf. on Jolo II: Winning Mounts Magusing, Datu

265

(3)

I Co. 186: Our Two Battles of Zamboanga

268

(2)

B Co. 116 Medical Bn: Medic Schooley's Battle of Sanananda

270

(2)

E Co. 162: Roosevelt Ridge and Berger Hill

272

(2)

B Co. 163: First Wave on Wakde Beach

274

(2)

947 FA BN: Our 155mm Howitzers for Biak

276

(2)

At Co: Our Southern Philippine Campaign

278

(2)

L Co. 163: Capturing Zamboanga City

280

(2)

I Co. 186: Our Hard Luck at Hollandia

282

(2)

G Co. 163: Death Valley at Zamboanga

284

(3)

BN 162 HQ Co: Bradshaw's War Against Roosevelt Ridge

287

(2)

A Co. 163 Figting The Sanananda Road-Bend Perimeters

289

(2)

28 FA: Toem, Wakde, and Maffin Bay

291

(2)

L Co. 163: War of Nerves at Davao

293

(2)

K Co. 162: Cram Hill At Zamboanga

295

(2)

41st Div. HQ and 186: General Fuller's Resignation

297

(2)

163 I & R: 14 Hard Miles Over Biak

299

(2)

54 Inf. Mixed Brigade: Japanese Death March at Zamboanga

301

(2)

41st MP Platoon: Soldiers and Policmen

303

(2)

A Co. 162: Cutting the Komiatum Track

305

(3)

F & G Co.'s 186: The Landing and the Cave

308

(2)

L Co. 163: Combat in Abaca Jungle

310

(2)

2 BN HQ Co. 163: Ammunition and Pioneer Platoon

312

(2)

D Co. 186: Palawan, Zamboanga, and Sibuco Bay

314

(4)

116th Engr. Bn.: Combat and Labor in Papuan Campaign

318

(2)

K Co. 162: First Two Days in Parai Defile

320

(2)

G Co. 162: Breaching Roosevelt Ridge (Aug. 12-13, 1943)

322

(2)

G Co. 163: The Kumusi Patrol

324

(2)

M Co. 162: Parai Defile Through Death Ridge

326

(2)

2 BN 162: Chaplain Smith's Southern Philippine Campaign

328

(2)

M Co. 186: Our Biak Story

330

(2)

HQ Co, 1/BN 163: Wire and Water on Wakde (Memorial to Service Co's 1/Lt. Frank Nugent

332

(2)

B Co. 116 Medical BN and G Co. 162 Medic: Medics at Toem and Parai Defile

334

(2)

C Co. 162 Sgt: Camp's Patrol Against OBA's Raiders

336

(2)

HQ Co., 2/BN 186: Into the Slot A West Caves

338

(2)

HQ Co. 2/BN 162: From C Ridge Into Salamaua-First!

340

(2)

HQ Co. 116 Engineers: Priefert's Battle of Biak

342

(2)

F Co. 163: Probing IBDI Pocket

344

(2)

Cannon Co. 162: Assault Guns at Zamboanga

346

(2)

C Co. 163: Bob Burns' Story of Toem/Wakde

348

(2)

B Co. 163: Bayonet Charges at Sanananda

350

(3)

146 FA and 2/BN 163: Bongao and Sanga Sanga Islands

353

(2)

162 I&R PLN: Last Days of 1/Lt. Myron Folson

355

(2)

1/BN 163: Pasananca and the Reservoir Perimeter

357

(2)

186 Inf. and Engr. Boat and Shore Regt: The Hollandia Fire and Lake Sentani

359

(3)

205 FA BN on Biak

362

(2)

F Co. 163: Fighting the Ibdi Pocket Cliffs

364

(3)

HQ Co. 2/BN 186: Thirst on Biak

367

(2)

AT Co. 162: Mine Platoon on Biak

369

(3)

HQ Co. 2/BN 162: Patrol with Guerillas in Mindanao

372

(2)

Navy and Amphibious Engr.: First Wave Fighters for Wakde

374

(2)

C Co. 163: Battling Perimeters R and S

376

(3)

HQ Co. 1/BN 186: Wounded Near Death on Biak

379

(3)

205 FA BN (and K Co. 162): Forward Observer Schroeder on Roosevelt Ridge

382

(2)

I Co. 163: Tommy Gunner Gonzales on Mount Mabusing

384

(2)

AT Co. 163: Death of Keenan and Sullivan

386

(1)

B Co. 162: Our "Soepiori Campaign

387

(2)

33rd Naval Guard (Japanese): Saga of the Japanese "civilian" Marine

389

(3)

B Co. 163: Bernard Marly's Battle of Sanananda

392

(2)

218 FA BN: Panek's Career with 218 FA

394

(2)

C Co. 162: Battle Before Dawn at Zamboanga

396

(2)

1/BN 186: Blunting Col. Kuzume's Last Offensive

398

(2)

Japanese Navy: "KON" Operations to Relieve Biak

400

(2)

1/BN 163: Conquering Mount Daho on Jolo

402

(2)

167 FA: Firing for 186 Infantry and 24th Div.

404

(2)

A Co. 116 Engr.: Night Fight at Toem

406

(2)

H Co.162: Parai Defile and Mokmer Ridges

408

(2)

E Co. 163: Blowout Hill at Zamboanga

410

(2)

162 Inf. and 532 Engr. Boat and Shore Regt.: Miracle Landing at Nassau Bay

412

(2)

41st Inf. Div.: Biak: Our Biggest Battle

414

(3)

K Co. 162: Papuan Campaign

417

(2)

167 FA: Concentration 476 to Rescue E Co. 186 Men

419

(2)

41st Cav. Recon. Troop (Mech) at Zamboanga

421

(2)

5th Co. 33rd Naval Guard (Japanese Marines): Against U.S.Tanks and Mountain Jungles

423

(2)

Service Co. 186: Hard Labor, Wounds and Death

425

(2)

162 Inf Regt. in the Salamaua Operation: Results of a Divided Command

427

(4)

F. Co. 163's Most Accurate History of Sanananda

431

(2)

146 FA: Wet Landing, Night Combat

433

(3)

I Co. 186 Inf. at Zamboanga, II: BAR man Wins DSC at Anungan

436

(3)

K Co. 162: Balut Island to Calinan

439

(3)

E Co. 163: Insoemani, Liki, and Toem Foreshore

442

(2)

Our Amphibian Engr. (542 FB and SR, 2 ESB): Beachhead Battles for Biak

444

(4)

Planning Invasion of Japan (Kyushu Island)

448

(2)

G Co. 's Bongao Action (Philippines)

450

(3)

Horseshoe Hill and A Company Ridge (Biak)

453

(2)

146 FA BN: Escaping the Parai Defile Death Trap

455

(3)

E Co. 162: BAR man Floyd West's War

458

(3)

148 FA BN: From Darwin to Luzon

461

(3)

162 Medical Detachment: From Zamboanga to Namnam

464

(2)

G Co. 163(2/PLN): Combat in the Zamboanga Ridges

466

(3)

E Co. 163 on Biak: East Caves and Ibdi Pocket

469

(2)

148 FA Bn.: From Timor to Luzon

471

(3)

Veterans Biographies

474

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