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Morotai: Stepping Stone to the Philippines - July '99 World War II FeatureWorld War II | Single Page | 2 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post The campaign on Morotai ended January 14, 1945, 20 days after it began. During that time 870 Japanese were killed and 10 captured. Casualties for the three battalions of the 136th Infantry totaled 46 killed in action and 104 wounded. Author William P. Endicott is a veteran of the fighting on Morotai. Further reading: The Fight for New Guinea, by Pat Robinson; and The Approach to the Philippines: The United States Army in World War II, The Pacific War, by Robert Ross Smith.[ TOP ] [ Cover ] Subscribe Today
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2 Comments to “Morotai: Stepping Stone to the Philippines - July '99 World War II Feature”
I found this article very interesting as I was on Morotai since well before December, 1944 and was unaware of the infantry fighting in the interior of the island. I was with the 785th AAA a/w Battalion which was stationed on the air strip. We had many strafing and bombing attacks by the Japanese. Damage to our aircraft on the field was not great but one incident I can relate entailed the destruction by. my gun crew, with 40 mm fire, of a twin engined Japanese aircraft. It exploded some 300 or so yards from our gunpit
By William C. Brooks on Jan 31, 2010 at 2:17 pm
The explosion resulted in the severe damage of three B-25s and the deaths of three Japanese airmen whose body parts were scattered around the wreckage.
By William C. Brooks on Jan 31, 2010 at 2:22 pm