"We Were The Best There Ever Was." 
The 11th Airborne's Battle of the Stone Courtyard - Imus, Luzon 1945
- Details
- Category: Luzon
- Hits: 3494
After the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment dropped on Luzon’s Tagaytay Ridge just south of Manila, on February 4, 1945, COL Orin D. Haugen obtained permission from MG Joseph May Swing to lead the div...
The Aparri Landings: Gypsy Task Force 76 Years Later
- Details
- Category: Luzon
- Hits: 15402
For years now I have been reading and listening to articles and podcasts mistakenly claiming that Operation Varsity (part of Operation Plunder) was the last airborne operation of World War II. While V...
The Battle for Mt. Bijang
- Details
- Category: Luzon
- Hits: 27722
The Battle for Luzon's Mount Bijang (also Bijiang), located about 40 miles south-east of Manila is one of those obscure combat engagements that the world has passed over simply because World War II wa...
Dr. Dana Nance and The Sacred Eleven Nurses of Corregidor, Santo Tomas and Los Baños
- Details
- Category: Luzon
- Hits: 10796
Seventy-five years ago on February 23, 1945 the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 11th Airborne Division ("The Angels") conducted their famous raid on the Los Baños internment camp on Luzon, P...
