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Under the Southern Cross: the saga of the Americal Division

Under The Southern Cross; The Saga Of The Americal Division Contents Foreword ix Acknowledgements xi One: In the Beginning 1 Two: The Birth or the America1 28 Three: Baptism in the Solomons 41 Four: West to Cape Esperance 72 Five Isa Lei 100 Six: At Empress Augusta Bay 120 Seven: Hold at all Costs 146 Eight: The Expanding Outpost Line 168 Nine: The Trail to Numa-Numa 192 Ten: In the Shadows of Mount Bagana 210 Eleven: Meanwhile, On Leyte 219 Twelve: The Straits 246 Thirteen: A Liberation is Planned 265 Fourteen: Beachhead! 273 Fifteen: Consolidation 308 Sixteen: Showdown 335 Seventeen: End of the Road: Japan! 355 Eighteen: Mission Accomplished 377 Appendix: In Memoriam 390 Honor Roll 391 The Total Cost 407 Honors and Awards 408 Order of Battle 411 Troop Lists 422 The Americal Division, Inc. 431 Digitized by Google. · Electronic reproduction · Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 · digitized · Description based on print version record

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