Doughboy White: The Lost Battalion of Leyte

ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) "Follow Me!" -- Col. Aubrey "Red" Newman leads his regiment off Red Beach at Leyte on 20 Oct. 1944. (2) The battle on Orange 2 Beach at Leyte. (3) Japanese light tanks attack Americans on Leyte. (4) Japanese paratroopers raid the airfield at San Pablo on Leyte near the end of the campaign. (5) A Ki-61 Tony flames an engine on a B-25J over Leyte in the Philippines. (6) Maj. Thomas McGuire downs a Tojo with his P-38J "Pudgy V" over Leyte in the fall of 1944.

1SG Jacob Brannan SSG Franklin Briant SSG (Join to see) SSG Doyle Hulse MAJ (Join to see) MSgt Gloria Vance SSgt (Join to see) MSG Joseph Cristofaro SFC William Linnell SPC David Dougherty SGT John Podlaski TSgt George Rodriguez SPC Johnny Velazquez, PhD SFC (Join to see) CDR (Join to see) SPC Jeff Daley, PhD MSgt Nancy Wilson SPC (Join to see) 1SG (Join to see) SFC Dr. Jesus Garcia-Arce, Psy.D

Interesting article and noted historiography.

For more info, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Leyte