(17RS/71RG)(SM47-Z-6)(1-0-2)(2-16-0830-1110)(24" 100'T.800') (CORREGIDOR INVASION)(438)(1-36)

The 13th Air Force was followed by the 5th -- old friends of ours whose veteran squadrons we had known for the past 2�  years as we camped beside their airstrips in Australia and New Guinea during the long months while American armies were tediously "climbing up the map." Here were the "Red Raiders", and "Ken's Men", and the "Jolly Rogers" with their Death's Head and Crossed Bombs insignia which we so often watched, flying out on fateful missions from Port Moresby. Their intensive attacks continued for a full two weeks, supplemented by still a third Air Force, the 7th, which had been doing such splendid work from their Central Pacific bases. In rotation, these great air forces "poured it on" with a schedule which left the Japs no time to rest. Here is their report: "7th Air Force Libs in the morning, 13th Air Force B-24's [Note: a B-24 is a Liberator] at noon, 5th Air Force A-20's in the afternoon, and 5th Air Force Libs just before evening chow."

 

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