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Letter from Robert (Bob) Willacker, Philippine Islands to parents : Correspondence 1945.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Summary:
- Description: Robert (Bob) Willacker, Philippine Islands to parents. Large Japanese gun; men are sick and tired from continually sleeping on ground; losing officers quickly; proliferance of Good Conduct and Asiatic-Pacific medals that no one wears; interaction with unconfident officers; his battalion's mission to destroy enemy batteries ' 'better than close combat in an infantry outfit'; Japanese using Naval bombardment shelling techniques on ground troops; mentions Nimitz and MacArthur. Handwritten note after typed message as well.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).
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