(17RS/71RG)(SM47-Z-6)(1-0-15)(2-16-0830-1110)(24" 100'T.800') (CORREGIDOR INVASION)(438)(1-36)

. Another factor impossible to calculate in advance, was the effect of disorganization by the dispersal of paratroopers when they jumped. Squads and whole platoons found themselves hundreds of yards from their true assembly points; and some at the very start became engaged in active fire-fights from very unfavorable positions. Others were trapped in ravines, from which they could escape only with difficulty and with some loss of vital equipment.

(Engineer's Ravine)

 

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