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Japs on Leyte face tougher defenses and tactics
Veterans of the 7th Division recount Leyte fortifications built from coconut logs and deep trenches. They note better Attu and Kwajalein positions, with Japs delaying, retreating, or fighting hard at pillboxes, foxholes, and in the waterlogged terrain amid shifting artillery and air support.
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Leyte
Attu
Kwajalein
Stone Bridge
Elliott
Ormoc
William B. Moore
Milledgeville
Luzon
Leland Larson
Vina
Calif
Larson
Sgt
Madison
Moore
Marshalls
Tokyo
Robert J. Mitchell
Casper
Wyo
Paramushiru
Amchitka
San Pablo
Mitchell
U.S
Philippine
John M. Finn
McCoy, Oreg
32D Infantry
O. M. Doerflinger
New York
N. Y
James E. Grasse
Rock Springs
Doerflinger
48Th
49Th
Massacre Bay
Holtz Bay
Chichagof Harbor
Carlson Island
7Th Division
Grasse
49Th FA
Raymond Schmidt
Los Angeles
Athey
Ernest A. O’brien
Philadelphia
Pearl Harbor
Cpl
Edward Stratton
Nashville
Tenn
3360 QM
Lee A. Banash
Boston
Mass
W. F. L. Nofer
Arcadia
Vaughn Hines
Bunkerhill
Kans
7Th Cavalry
Paul B. Gritta
Galveston
Tex
Howard R. Fry
Eureka
Arch W. Arnold
Joseph L. Ready
Leroy Stewart
James A. Marshall
Chicago
Philippines