Marines in World War II Commemorative Series
Contents Planning for the Philippines Marine Artillery Arrives Problems on Leyte Full-Scale Operations Phase Two: Luzon Dive Bombers After Manila Plans for the Southern Islands Close Support for Guerillas Close Air Support for the Army Corsair Action Phase Three: Mindanao Turning Point Sources Biographies Major General Ralph J. Mitchell Colonel Clayton C. Jerome Lieutenant Colonel Keith B. McCutcheon Special Subjects VMF(N)-541 Commended MAG-12 Squadrons Commended Marine Aircraft Group Twelve Commendation Marine Aircraft Group Twenty-Four Commendation Marine Aircraft Group Thirty-Two Commendation Marine Aircraft Groups Zamboanga Marine Aircraft in the Philippines	. . . AND A FEW MARINES: Marines in the Liberation of the Philippines by Captain John C. Chapin, USMCR (Ret) A Marine combat artist in Manila while the battle there still raged, Sgt Paul Arlt described this wash drawing: "Sharply outlined against rising clouds of smoke, the gutted steel and concrete shell of the nine-story Great Eastern Hotel is one of the countless buildings destroyed by retreating Japs. Down on the rubble-strewn street, a Philippine citizen glances apprehensively over his shoulder as Marine dive bombers of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing sweep overhead. Seconds later, these planes dropped 20 tons of high explosives on enemy ships in the harbor, knocking out Jap antiaircraft batteries..."
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