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Down Ramp! The Story Of The Army Amphibian Engineers

Down Ramp! The Story Of The Army Amphibian Engineers CONTENTS FOREWORD ix CHAPTER 1 BIRTH AND ORIGIN 1 CHAPTER 2 EARLY DAYS AT CAPE COD 10 CHAPTER 3 1ST BRIGADE TO ENGLAND 16 CHAPTER 4 ON WITH THE TRAINING 22 CHAPTER 3 TRAINING SHIFTS TO CARRABELLE: MISSION TO MacARTHUR 27 CHAPTER 6 NORTH AFRICA. SICILY AND SALERNO 30 CHAPTER 7 2D BRIGADE TO AUSTRALIA 48 CHAPTER 8 3D AND 4th brigades GET READY 52 CHAPTER 9 MacARTHUR STARTS HIS RETURN: NASSAU BAY-LAE-FINSCHHAFEN 60 CHAPTER 10 THE NORMANDY INVASION 70 CHAPTER 11 ISLAND HOPPING IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC 106 CHAPTER 12 BACK TO BATAAN AND CORREGIDOR 130 CHAPTER 13 MOPPING UP THE VISAYANS, MINDANAO AND BORNEO 160 CHAPTER 14 1ST BRIGADE TO OKINAWA 176 CHAPTER 15 VICTORY, OCCUPATION AND HOME 185 APPENDIX A CHRONOLOGY 189 APPENDIX B TROOP LIST 199 APPENDIX C AWARDS AND DECORATIONS 207 APPENDIX D KILLED IN ACTION AND DIED OF WOUNDS 243 APPENDIX E WAR DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASES ON AMPHIBIANS 247 ILLUSTRATIONS 253 INDEX 269 Digitized by Google.

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