085 US SOLDIER VS JAPANESE INFANTRYMAN: Philippines 1944-45

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Examines the US Army and Japanese troops who fought for control of the Philippine Islands in the climactic months of World War II. Examines three important battles of the Philippines campaign -- when the IJA's 1st Division faced the US Army's 24th Division as it attacked toward the port of Ormoc (Breakneck Ridge, November 3-11, 1944), when the US 38th Division battled the reinforced 39th Infantry Regiment at Zig-Zag Pass (February 1-13, 1945), and when the US 43d Division fought the Kawashima Force at the battle for the Ipo Dam (May 6-21, 1945). Contains color artwork plates and maps; black and white, and color photographs and illustrations.