Book 2 - Ch 1 Part 7 B

27 AUG -2 SEPT 1944

◄ AUGUST 1944 ►
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
30	31	1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31	1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9

27 August, 1944


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28 August, 1944

	Company left Namber Drome. Boarded LCM arrived at Kamari, Noemfoor Island 1530 hr. Moved via truck to permanent camp site 6 miles from airport.
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29 August, 1944


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30 31

29-30-31 August, 1944

	No change. OPERATION COMPLETED
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END OF THE JOURNAL

HEADQUARTERS 503rd PARACHUTE INFANTRY
DATE:	1 September 1944
SUBJECT:	ENEMY SITUATION AT END OF PERIOD:
	The remaining enemy strength on the 31st August, 1944 is estimated at approximately fifty (50). All organized resistance has been broken. All reported automatic weapons have been captured or destroyed. The MORI force is believed to have been completely annihilated. The last report of the SHIMUZU force was that Colonel SHIMUZU had about fifteen (15) men and five (5) officers with him. All were in poor condition and only seven (7) rifles were in the group. The rest of the force is in groups of two (2) and three (3) starving men.�
		Charles A. Van Dine, Captain, 503rd Parachute Infantry, S-2.

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