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Lt. Col. Charles M. Smith, commanding officer of Samar guerrillas, pins bar of 1st Lt. on Gordon R. Smith, who was on Mindanao Island after Bataan. He worked his way up to Samar Island, Philippines and helped organize guerrillas for which he was given commission.

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@WW2HQ Motor torpedo boats helped Gen. MacArthur escape Corregidor in 1942 from Japanese forces.

One famous crew of motor torpedo boat is Iliff Richardson who stayed on the islands of Samar and Leyte to gather intelligence information for MacArthur's use upon return to the Philippines.

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Motor Torpedo Boats, Dover, 6 May 1942. #WWII #WW2

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Reading Dad’s copy of book about USS Kilty on which he served in WW2 about how many immunizations new recruits had to endure over couple of days. Hey- if having more needles in you than a porcupine was good enough for your Dad or G’Pa then it’s good enough for YOU anti-vaxxer!!!

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After accomplishing their mission, the Rangers served as guards for Sixth Army Headquarters for the remainder of the Leyte campaign. (Patrick K. O'Donnell)

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Preliminary operations for the invasion of Leyte began at dawn on October 17, 1944. The green 6th Ranger Battalion landed on Dinagat and Suluan islands off Leyte's eastern coast to set up navigation lights for the main invasion three days later.

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Dinagat was unoccupied. On Suluan, the Rangers dispatched several Japanese defenders and captured a lighthouse with almost no casualties. A third island, Homonhon, was taken without opposition the next day.

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and later, battery commander, and was deployed to New Guinea in the early stages of World War II. In 1943, Captain Simons was assigned to the newly forming 6th Ranger Battalion where he served as a company commander and battalion executive officer. (The Simons Center)

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Arthur Simons's assignment was as Executive Officer of the 98th Field Artillery Battalion & then of the 6th Ranger Infantry Battalion in the Pacific from August to October 1944, followed by service as Commander of Company B, 6th Ranger Battalion, from Oct. 1944 to February 1945.

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Arthur David Simons was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Field Artillery in 1941 upon graduation from the University of Missouri ROTC program with a degree in journalism. His first assignment was with the 98th Field Artillery Battalion as a platoon leader

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prior intelligence of enemy [U.S.] offensive operations from the east or southeast against the Marianas, the Eastern Carolines, or even Japan, and from the southeast against Northern New Guinea area and even the Philippines."

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The 1944 Suluan Raid cleared the path for the return of the U.S. Army to the Philippines, and it eliminated any interference with the U.S. plan to liberate the country.

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"In the present war situation, what is expected of the communication intelligence at Saipan is that we shall have

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USS Trout (SS-202) coming alongside USS Detroit (CL-8) at Pearl Harbor in early March 1942 to unload a cargo of gold that she had evacuated from the Philippines. The gold had been loaded aboard Trout at Corregidor on 4 February 1942. #WWII #WW2 #USN

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Ignacio Claro, a typical teenage Guerrilla fighting the Japanese on the Island of Samar. 11/15/1944

He's armed with a M1917 Enfield rifle.

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Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944 — USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) prepares to launch FM-2 Wildcat fighters during the action. In the center distance, Japanese shells are splashing near USS White Plains (CVE-66). #USN #Navy #WW2 #WWII