Each roadblock was covered with a machine gun in case the Japanese arrived quickly. His insights into the raid have proven invaluable. Consisting of one parachute and two glider infantry regiments, with supporting troops, the division underwent rigorous training throughout 1943. Gen. Griswold approves and the Amtracs are approved by US Sixth Army (who never asked what the Amtracs were for until Thursday, February 22). Pictorial Review; by unit members; Albert Love Enterprises, Atlanta 2, Ga.; 1944. On 3/29/2022 at 12:25 PM, McChizzle said: According to the book, "U.S. Army Patches, Flashes, and Ovals: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cloth Unit Insignia" (ISBN: 9780979161308), the author has this background trimming (oval) listed as the 188th Glider (redesignated Airborne) Infantry Regiment as well as the 511th Parachute (redesignated . He drew his pistol and shot the animal, causing the entire team to stop, awaiting the response of the Japanese. Concurrently the colors of the 2d were transferred to Korea to reflag the existing 1st Cavalry Division as the 2d Infantry Division while the colors of the 1st Cavalry Division were transferred to Fort Benning. 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States), "511th Parachute Infantry Regiment"United States, Learn how and when to remove this template message, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, "1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History", "2d Battalion, 502d Infantry Regiment | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)", "1st Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History", "2d Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)", "2d Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment | U.S. Army Center of Military History (CMH)", "3d Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment | Lineage and Honors | U.S. Army Center of Military History", www.511pir.com - Regimental historical website, http://users.owt.com/leodonna/511thHistory.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=511th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=1138338966, The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC) The 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) was assigned the task of destroying all Japanese formations in the division's operational area, which it began on 28 November when it relieved the 7th Infantry. Both battle groups were replaced in the 24th with non-Airborne battle groups. William Bill R. Taylor Frank Flowers Stanley Rezmerski Loren Brown (Commo). Defense Department inspectors also made sure they had all their shots and dental work done, so the young Angels gladly packed up to board the train on April 20. The Amtracs will carry the bulk of 1/511 PIR across Laguna de Bay to assist with the rescue operation. This information, at this time, comes mainly from Filipino guerillas and other local sources. Swing then explains the mission to rescue the internees at Los Baos. Ben Edwards, one of the former prisoners, sketched the layout of the camp on the school blackboard for the paratroopers. Swing messages Gen. Oscar Griswold of XIV Corps that the raid was a success, that 2,147 internees were being cared for at New Bilibid Prion. A nervous Col. Gibbs, CO of the 54 Amtracs, asks Maj. Burgess if he can order his group back to Mamatid while the Angels and the internees await the 188thGIR and their trucks since his Amtrac crews were not accustomed to traveling so far inland. The Angels quickly unloaded their AKAs and APAs on Bito Beach, forty miles south of Tacloban. On 1 October 1997, Company A, 511th Infantry was reactivated as a test company for the Enhanced Fiber Optic Guided Missile (EFOGM) system, under the command of Captain Stephen Inouye at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. William Gene E. Lynch Jr. Pvt. Internee Freddy Zervoulakas, a 19-year old Greek-Filipino, escapes the camp and contacts Filipino guerillas outside the camp (his brother Tony is actually with the 45thHunters, 44th Division, Hunters-ROTC). 511th PIR 1943 Roster February 15, 2014 Roster contains 2,381 names from the 1943 Yearbook (The Hard Rock Regiment) http://users.owt.com/leodonna/1943Yearbook.htm 99 9 comments Share Robert Angus (Lt. Skau went with Sgt. The DZ was small, only 1,500 feet by 3,200 feet, and bordered by high-voltage lines, trees and railroad tracks (some records say Col. Quandt picked the DZ, but Burgess and Ringler state Ringler did). Maj. Donald G. Anderson, 65thTroop Carrier Squadron, leads his squadron of 9 C-47s from Mindoro to Nichols Field. The 511th PIR was formed at Camp Toccoa, GA, in January 1943 and in March transferred to Camp Mackall, NC before heading to Fort Benning, GA, battalion by battalion for jump training. At 0645 one of the guerrillas is attacked by a villagers dog. On 23 February its 1st Battalion took part in the Raid at Los Baos, freeing over 2,000 foreign Allied civilians from a Japanese internment camp south of Manila, with its B Company performing a parachute jump on the camp itself.[3]. Lt. John Ringler, who was flying in Maj. Andersons craft, is the first to jump with the remainder of the airborne-element following suit. Gambling was common and many Angels slept on deck at night to enjoy the cooler air. He did, however, order local guerilla forces to prepare for such an operation if a massacre seemed imminent. Gen. Joseph Swing is apprised by a P-61 Black Widow night-recon pilot of heavy enemy troop movement via trucks towards Los Baos (these consisted of forces from Japans 17th Infantry and 116th Gyoro Battalion). And as a historian for the 511th PIR, and the 11th Airborne as a whole, I have to agree with Andy. Leyte Valley and to secure the western exits from the mountains into the west coastal corridor to assist the attack of the 7th Division toward Ormoc. William R. Fits Pvt. The camp covered roughly 60-acres and sits between the foothills of Mount Makiling and the northern shore of Laguna de Bay. Robert H. Angus, Jr. Pfc. Here the battalion hides all day and the men are fully briefed on the operation and are allowed to study maps and aerial photographs of the camp and surrounding area. These include reports from the Mary Mendoza-Josefa Escoda-Concepcion Iniguez group, Col. R. Price (aka Romeo Espino), Cedana, Pantaleon and Iniguez, the Paelmo, Palis and Deang families, and the integrated USAFFE guerrilla net under Col. Gaudencio Tobias. Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Swing (June 1946-January 1948) The home of the Reconnaissance Platoon was the lawn of an estate on Dewey Blvd. Nickname: The Angels. To his astonishment, Swing suggested that Burgess retain the beachhead forged so deeply into enemy territory by liberating the town of Los Baos then linking up with TF-Soule to push forward. About 0300 on February 22 the wind finally came up and the last banca reached its destination at Nanghaya, during the early evening. Haggerty and Skau inspect and approve the Amtrac landing sites along Laguna de Bay. Following 17 weeks of Basic training, the 511th journeyed to the Fort Benning Parachute School for three weeks of jump training. Additional jumpers included 3 Filipino guerilla aides of B Company (one per platoon, their names were Jing, Oscar and 1LT Carlos Charlie Chan, a member of the 45thHunters Regiment), plus Bob Fletcher, another 45thHunter, and 9 engineers under 1LT Alan Chenevert and SSG William Potoka from 3rd Platoon (-), C Co, 127th Airborne Engineers. On 6 December 1944 the paratroopers of the 11th found themselves fighting Japanese parachutists who had landed near the San Pablo airstrip. Association: 11th Airborne Division Association, Military Service Publishing Co., Harrisburg, Pa. (Meade D. Detweiler, executive secretary). With input from Gen. Joseph Swing, the mission is set for 0700 on February 23, 1945. Accompanying the quartet back to the Amtrac was a man which reports indicate was seventy-year-old Australian William H. Donald, former advisor, and friend to Chinas Gen. Chiang Kai-shek. Finally, I must thank my friend Robert Wheeler who was a young child when the Angels rescued his family from Los Baos. So, we loaded and fired at the hill with a charge one, I believe. 2Lt. At Mackall the soldiers practiced field problems and got to know the other units in their mother organization, the 11th Airborne Division under Major-General Joseph May Swing. The Japanese tell the Santo Tomas internees that they are moving the 150-200 because they wanted to convert part of the Gym/Education Building into a hospital as so many internees are becoming sick. Weighing the odds, Burgess decided to evacuate everyone on the Amtracs, and sent word to move to the beachhead. The Japanese were wiped out in a 5-day engagement. Walter Hettingler, CO of the attached HQ1 light machine squad, noticed that some of the straw and bamboo quarters towards the rear of the camp were on fire (Lt. Skaus men had thrown phosphorous grenades to burn the Japanese barracks and their weapons). The following were also Alamo Scout School graduates: Sgt. Burgess apprised Swing of the raids progress and explained that his remaining forces would evacuate with the last of the internees on the Amtracs. Another 520 internees arrive at Los Baos. The 511th had led the assault and broken through the Genko Line, but was soon replaced as the division's spearhead by the 188th; the glider regiment advanced westwards towards Manila in the face. All those who served in the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment deserve our undying respect. In a continuous series of combat actions, Japanese resistance was reduced on Leyte by the end of December 1944. The fully loaded Amtracs form into columns of three and begin crossing the lake for the two-hour journey to Mamatid. The 11th ABs G-2 (Intelligence) LTC Henry Muller and his staff continue gathering information on the camp and surrounding enemy forces. In March 1956 the 511th (as part of the 11th Airborne Division) crossed the Atlantic into Europe to replace the 5th Infantry Division at Augsburg, Germany during Operation Gyroscope. Their victories came with incredible losses, however, with some companies experiencing up to. One of the guerillas is hit, but his life was saved by his belt buckle. The regiment was formed at Camp Toccoa, GA, in January 1943, under the command of Col. Orin D. "Hard Rock" Haugen. Each volunteer/candidate is interviewed by an officers panel and by the time the regiment is fully formed, their average age (officers included) is just 21. Raymond Ray Maurus Pvt. 1st Battalion, 511thPIR, is pulled from the line and by evening, the remaining 412 men of 1/511s original 650 had been trucked to New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa. Accompanying Maj. Burgess was Col. Courtney Whitney, a former Manila lawyer now serving on Gen. MacArthurs staff who, with a civilian (likely an interpreter), exited an Amtrac and disappeared into the camp. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. Gen. Robert Eichelberger sends word to Gen. Joseph Swing that he wants the 11th Airborne Division to rescue the 2,100+ internees held captive at Los Baos. Then three days before the raid Lois McCoy was born, making the correct number 2,142. Fights broke out across the post and the Angels left their mark on both base and other units until they left and headed towards the ocean for departure. Initially the regiment was tasked with a "reconnaissance en force" operation, but their orders changed to take and hold the passes through the mountains in the center of the island, and engage and reduce the Japanese forces in the area, ultimately in support of the battle of Ormoc which was simultaneously ongoing. The men immediately begin constructing the camp around Baker Hall. Japanese guns on Mayondon Point began firing at the unit, and D Battery, 457thPFABs artillery goes into action while the rest of the amphibious assault advances toward Los Baos roughly two miles away. When the assault began, the Japanese soldier in charge of the off-duty guards, who had just assembled for their calisthenics, ordered them to their barracks to put on uniforms rather than make for the armory, a fatal mistake. On 28 July 2005, Captain Mark Chandler cased the colors during the inactivation ceremony at Rose Field in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. As one of the Angels prayed, Dear Lord, I hope that this current generation of young Americans will someday be worthy of the generation of young people who saved my country and kept it free. Amen. Their bodies were recovered and buried beside the College chapel (Hunters were usually cremated so the enemy could not identify and desecrate them). TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Another 150 internees arrive at the Los Baos internment camp. The 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment formed at Camp Toccoa, Georgia in 1943 and went on to fight with distinction in the Pacific Theater during World War II in the 11th Airborne Division . Gen. Robert T. Foss which company had the greatest strength available to which Foss indicated Baker Company with its 93 men (Lt. Ringler later said it was closer to 80). It will not cover every facet or key player of the raid in detail for to do so would require (and has) an entire book. It was a very emotional moment. Note: only two of the teams were actually in position at H-hour. Their plan was to lay low in the boat until the enemy boat got close, then all sit up and surprise the Japanese with a barrage and take control of their powerboat and tow the banca. A handful of guards were able to muster a makeshift defense and retaliated instantly killing two young Hunters: Pfc. Alist of 11thAirborne Division Recon Platoon men includes: Captain Bud Ewing Lt. James Polka 1LT George E. Skau S/Sgt. Michael Gulywass Pvt. Ringler noted, Everyone had the attitude, It not only can be done, it will be done. That attitude mellowed somewhat as the troopers learned the specifics of the mission, but no one doubted they could pull it off. When the other teams saw the drop planes, they rushed for the camp. The 54 Amtracs of the 672nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion under thirty-five-year-old LTC Joseph W. Gibbs arrive at Mamatid Village. Everyone else walks along the road carrying their meager possessions on their backs while the camp continues to burn behind them. Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Badge, 1st Airborne Battle Group, 187th Infantry, Holm, Jeremy C. "When Angels Fall: The 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II MacArthurs Secret Weapon & Heroes of Los Baos" 2019 Amazon, This page was last edited on 9 February 2023, at 03:54. Anselmo "Momong" Soler]. The 511th PIR was activated at Camp Toccoa, Georgia on January 5, 1943, under the command of LTC Orin D. Haugen. There the Angels waited for Japan and Allied Leadership to finalize the empire's surrender so the paratroopers visited friends in other units (and their kitchens), stole Jeeps to ride around the island and otherwise enjoyed the overly-crowded island (it was a main staging area for the invasion of Japan). Swing directs Lt. James Polka to organize the Divisions Provisional Reconnaissance Platoon at Camp McCall. Gen. Frank Dorn (February 1946June 1946) Please enjoy our online research library for researchers, descendants, airborne-enthusiast, etc. With Manila declared secure, the Division reduced a strong ring of enemy outposts between Lake Taal and Laguna de Bay, and occupied towns along Highway No. In a. Glenn A. Glover Pvt. Of note, LTG Tominaga was also in charge of the Imperial Armys kamikaze units on Luzon. Staff, B-Co., G-Co., HQ3-Co., & SVC Company Rosters, Hachinohe, Japan 1950 Yearbook 511th PIR Company Rosters (1,212 names) from the 1950 Yearbook The 11thAirborne Division is directed to attack, as soon as possible, the internment camp at Los Baos. Ringler spends the next few hours in planning with G-2 LTC Henry Muller and G-3 Col. Douglas Quandt. Concern grew that the guards were preparing to abandon the area and use the ditch as a mass grave. Wayne H. Milton Pvt. In 1954 COL Paige was assigned Chief of Staff at Fort Carson, Montana and for the 8th Infantry Division. This group crossed Boot Hill (south of the prison pen) and destroyed three pillboxes outside the main gate with automatic weapons fire (including one BAR) before rushing the gate itself and engaging the guards. The force attacked and made contact with the 37th Infantry Division, 26 June 1945, between Alcala and the Paret River. He has a degree in Journalism and is pursuing a degree in Military History at the American Military University. The Angels will spend three days pushing northeast up Highway/Route 17 towards Tagaytay Ridge, including breaking through enemy defenses at the Aga Pass. Lt. Ringler, however, believed he was in trouble and going to be relieved for some perceived failure. On 16 September 1945 the 511th moved to Morioka, Japan to begin the occupation of Iwate and Aomori Prefectures in Northern Honshu. The machine gun stopped firing but the (Amtrac) was dipping from side to side and taking on water with each dip. His declared goal was to starve the prisoners, declaring that they would be eating dirt by the time he was through with them. At that moment I wished I had gone over the cliff.. American bobsled athlete and author Jeremy C. Holm gave this "Plane Talk" lecture at the historic Hill Air Force Base Museum in Ogden, Utah on November 16, 2. James Jim Guy Pfc. She will be 3 days old on the day of liberation and is carried out of the camp in a helmet liner. The 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment was assigned the task of attacking and destroying all Japanese formations in the operational area, which it began on 28 November when it relieved the 7th. Unfortunately, the Japanese came back a week later. Miller/Turner had to turn back while Siemer/Charlie completed the recon mission. Lt. Skau and his six men, as well as Sgts. The remainder of 1/511 arrives at the beach with Maj. Burgess bringing up the rear with 2nd Platoon, B Company as rearguard. B Company is briefed on the rescue mission by Lt. Ringler while at Bilibid Prison following a breakfast of coffee, pancakes and bacon, luxuries the paratroopers had not known for months. The 11th Airborne Division was formally activated at Camp Mackall, North Carolina, on 25 February 1943, commanded by Major General Joseph M. Swing. The paratroopers grew to detest the merchant marine crew and by the time they reached New Guinea, the Angels called the Sea Pike "The Kaiser's Revenge.". The Angels' time at Camp Polk was not one they remembered with fondness. It was the first and only EFOGM company in the world[citation needed]. Escaped Los Baos internee Peter M. Miles, a civilian engineer, arrives at the 11th ABs Division Headquarters and provides critical information to help the Angels put the final touches on their map of the camp that the Photo Interpreters Unit and G-2 LTC Henry Muller had drawn from aerial reconnaissance. 13th Airborne Division Unit Histories of Organic Elements 1941-1944 . Joseph Swing to Col. Edward H. Lahti, CO of the 511th PIR. From Camp Toccoa to Tokyo, and the training grounds of Camp Mackall and New Guinea to the nightmarish combat of the Leyte and Luzon campaigns, When Angels Falls is a masterful narrative by a former journalist and historian who here tells the full story of a group of Americas heroes, the elite paratroopers Angels in World War II. Little damage was done, although one Amtrac had to offload its cargo of evacuees and is towed to shore. The 11th Airborne Divisions G-2 (Intelligence) LTC Henry J. The note directed Big Ed to select one parachute company for operations behind enemy lines. Donald had been hunted by Japanese forces for his relationship with the Generalissimo and spent three years hiding right under their noses first at Santo Thomas then Los Baos. Unfortunately, the largest banca, carrying twelve men and crew, suffered a broken rudder and had to turn back. The decimated 511th PIR received an influx of reinforcements on Luzon before being given FOUR hours to pack and head to the airstrips for flights to Okinawa. Additional guerrilla units including Markings Fil-American troops under Col. David Estrella and the 48th Chinese Squadron under Col. Ong set up roadblocks in the towns of Calauan, Bay and Pila to delay possible Japanese reinforcements. Thinking of all the enemy forces and Makapili sympathizers in the area between his force and TF Soule, Burgess elects to turn off the radio rather than give Swing the chance to make his suggestion an order. Rod Serling served as a U.S. Army paratrooper and demolition specialist with the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific Theater in World War II from January 1943 to January 1945. Tom Mesereau to await the advance guard of Japans 8thDivision (his orders were to engage and cause them to deploy and then pull back which would delay the enemy by one hour). Swing, Soule orders his men of Task Force Soule to conduct a defensive withdrawal to the San Juan River bridgehead. It formed the parachute infantry element of the 11th Airborne Division. The majority of the 11th Airborne landed amphibiously at Nagsubu on Luzon and pushed inland through fierce enemy resistance outside Aga. In February 1949, the Regiment except for the 3rd Battalion departed Camp Haugen and returned to the United States via the Panama Canal and arrived in New Orleans in March 1949, from where it moved to Camp Campbell, Kentucky. LTC Muller and staff coordinate with G-3 Col. Douglas Quandt and his staffs work to affect a workable rescue plan which becomes even more critical after Col. W. C. Price of the President Quezons Own Guerrillas (PQOG) messages Vanderpool that the Japanese had local laborers excavate a large trench ten feet wide by several hundred feet long. If you served in 11th Airborne Division, Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Clifford L. Marsh Pvt. As the Angels are now engaged with the enemy and the camp lay miles outside the divisions line of advance, Gen. Joseph Swing elects to delay the operation until his under-strength division was in a better place to affect such a rescue mission. The raid was scheduled during the regular morning PT for the Japanese guards. Swing, G-2 LTC Henry Muller, G-3 Col. Douglas Quandt and 1/511s Maj. Henry Burgess (and staffs) spend the bulk of the day studying aerial photos, maps of the area between Manila and the camp, and analyzing the road network. With the landing of American troops at Lingayen Gulf, the Japanese guards at Los Baos leave in the middle of the night after turning the camp over to the civilian administrative committee. The division became noted for its good behavior and positive examples of democracy and compassion and helped solidify the bond between the United States and Japan that exists today. The camp resided in the Angels eastern locus of control, but due to their heavy engagements with the Japanese in Southern Manila, Swing asked XIV Corps Gen. Oscar Griswold if they could postpone the mission for a little longer. Miles continued with Skau to Division HQ while Ben stayed with the Ghost Platoon until the raid itself. The Angels then succeed in taking Cavite, Nichols Field, Fort McKinley, Intramuros, Fort Bonifacio, Nielson Field, Harrison Park, and Mabato Point. The full history of the regiment is the subject of the book, When Angels Fall: From Toccoa to Tokyo, the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II (2019)[1] by author and historian Jeremy C. Holm whose grandfather served in the regiment's Company D during the war. The diversionary force, or Task Force Soule, of the 188th Glider Infantry Regiment (minus 2nd Battalion) and Company C of the 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion together with elements of the 472nd and 675th Field Artillery Battalions, under Colonel Robert H. Soule, move down Highway 1 across the San Juan River towards the Leccheria Hills and engage units of Japans 8th Division and, if necessary, would protect the operations flank. [Nota Bene: These combat chronicles, current Jeremy's grandfather 1st Lieutenant Andrew Carrico III of Company D served and fought with the 511th PIR between 1943-1945 and prior to Andy's death, Jeremy dropped all other projects to tell the regiment's history. After a brief meal of K-rations, the separate Recon teams start off for an all-night hike to their assigned destinations to initiate the attack at 0700 on February 23. Anderson is briefed on the mission at 11thAB Division HQ after which he and Capt. While other American troops were driving on Manila from the north, the 11th Airborne made an amphibious landing 60 miles south of Manila, 31 January 1945, at Nasugbu, and began to drive north. In 1949-1950 his song "Down From Heaven" was selected as a finalist by the 11th Airborne Division as an official marching song for the Angels. There was no more country club living. G-2 LTC Henry Muller and his staff complete their tentative map of the Los Baos internment camp based on aerial reconnaissance and reports from Filipino guerillas. Given the conflicting results of the Allied airborne operations in North Africa and Italy, American military leadership questioned the need for airborne divisions and instead favored regimental-sized combat teams. On 7 January 1959 1-503d was reassigned to the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, followed by 1-187th on 8 February 1959. ], Return to the Main Combat The team led by Martin Squires consisted of Gene Lynch, Wayne Milton and escaped internee Ben Edwards, plus about 15 Filipino guerrillas. In the darkness, they drove on unfamiliar back roads with headlights blacked out and beginning to feel lost, Beightler sensed Swings growing frustration. 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery 457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion Theyre dying, he declared. Moving inland, the division relieved the 7th Infantry Division before heading up into Leyte's mountains to destroy the island's main Japanese supply line. Then orders came down for the 11th Airborne to get ready for another move; they were to be the first full Allied unit to land on mainland Japan. That afternoon Lt. Ringler orders B Companys Lt. Roger Miller to take two enlisted men (Sgts. The Recon Platoon under Lt. George Skau arrive at Los Baos and divide into four assault groups led by Sgt. The second serial jumped at 1215 and the paratroopers then spearhead the Divisions push north into southern Manilla, though the Divisions Reconnaissance Platoon spent that evening patrolling towards the city. After quiet deliberation, Swing decides to proceed with the mission and does not notify his commanders of the movements. Eichelbergers and Swings respective HQs in Paraaque which allowed for easy coordination). For three weeks, the 511th PIR crossed the Pacific onboard the Sea Pike, alone, enduring stiffing conditions below decks and long lines for their two daily meals. The 11th Airborne Division breaks through The Genko Line, the enemys heavy line of interlocking defenses along Manillas southern edge. After almost a year training in ground and Airborne tactics, the division was tested for overseas movement and in May 1944, sailed A short while later they, along with two Amtrac crewmen, reappeared carrying boxes. It formed the parachute infantry element of the 11th Airborne Division . Many internees went through the line multiple times and no one said a word, especially not to Frank Buckles, a World War I veteran who was in Manila on business when Japan invaded in 1941. Butch Muller, Jr. first hears about the Los Baos internment camp on Luzon when a grower from Mindanao, who had traveled to Manila to obtain medicine for his wife and passed Los Baos, reported to Muller that over 2,000 civilians in the camp were being treated terribly. 5. Management of Los Baos transfers from the Japanese Bureau of External Affairs to the War Prisoners Department of the Imperial Japanese Army. B Companys 9 C-47s under Maj. Don Anderson take off from and depart Nichols Field for their 20+ minute flight to Los Baos. Ringler is told that their parachutes will be flown in from Leyte the following day. Radio operator Staff Sgt. Shoulder patch: A red circle on a royal blue shield containing a white numeral "11" ; the circle is bordered in white with white wings raising obliquely from the white periphery; in the top arc, the white letters "Airborne" are alined with shape of arc. jeremy holm talks about his book when angels fall from toccoa to tokyo the 511th parachute infantry regiment in world war two macarthur's secret weapon and heroes of los banos. Breaking News: NEW BOOK DOWN FROM HEAVEN: THE 11th AIRBORNE DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II NOW AVAILABLE, Enjoy the 11th Airborne Division theme, "Down From Heaven". Swing also informs Griswold of their basic plan to rescue the internees at Los Baos (this is the first Griswold had heard of the Angels plan). he chronicles the regiments 1945 liberation of over 2100 allied civilian and military personnel from the japanese military's los banos . Despite the units name, the regiment never made a combat parachute drop or . Assuming they would soon arrive, Skau broke his group into six teams and assigned from eight to 12 guerrillas to each one. Santos and his unit during the night but did not follow up its challenge when the Filipino crew gave satisfactory replies to their questions.

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