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WWII Letters, 1st Cavalry Division. D-Day of Leyte Invasion 1944. Philippines. For Sale


WWII Letters, 1st Cavalry Division. D-Day of Leyte Invasion 1944. Philippines.
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WWII Letters, 1st Cavalry Division. D-Day of Leyte Invasion 1944. Philippines.:
$18.00

2 Original letters. Invasion of Leyte, Philippine Islands, 1944. Frontline letters from the Leyte campaign. Content about the invasion of Leyte and more. ("Japanese are running back to Tokyo, fast"). Japanese air raids. Landing on White Beach just after H-Hour on D-Day. Awarded the C.I.B. (Combat Infantryman's Badge). Also content about the re-election of President Roosevelt. 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. Also fought on Luzon, and served in the Admiralty Islands campaign. *** Please be sure to read the full detailed item description provided. Click on "Read More" or "Item description" below. a.imagelink {color:#0000FF;} a:hover.imagelink {color:#0000FF;} a:visited.imagelink {color:#800080;} a.imagelink img.saleimage { border: 2px solid #0000FF; } a:visited.imagelink img.saleimage { border: 2px solid #800080; }

   *** Please see my other listings for more Active Service military letters.
   
   This is an interesting grouping of 2 original WWII letters, written shortly after paricipating in the invasion of Leyte in the Philippine Islands by an American soldier in the the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. This soldier participated in the October 1944 invasion of Leyte, and then in the 1944-45 battles for Leyte and Luzon in the campaign to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese. He also served in the 1944 Admiralty Islands campaign. 

   There is a V-Mail letter written on Leyte on the 25th of October 1944, just a few days after the landings, and a full sized handwritten censored V-Mail letter sheet written on Leyte on the 15th of November, 1944. Both have excellent content. There is content about landing on Leyte on "D-Day" of the invasion, about experiencing Japanese air raids, about receiving the Combat Infantryman's Badge, and more (including a segment about Franklin Roosevelt being re-elected and Harry Truman of Missouri being the new Vice President). 

25 October, 1944: "I know you have been fretting because no mail has arrived for some time from 'Billy' - but her 'I' is, in the Philippine Islands. The J_ps are running back to Tokyo, fast. Wrote you a letter on J_p stationery, but you probably get this first.
... My surplus fat has all vanished and it will take a lot of G.I. chow to put it back on. K-rations are not exactly filling." 

15 November: "Looks like Old Man Roosevelt will be in the White House another four years - and hurray for our Missouri Vice President.
All our personnel section got the Combat Infantryman's Badge yesterday. Any soldier seeing combat gets the ribbon... the Admiralty camaign saw us in the rear echelon. This time myself and ten others were on White Beach - blank, blank - Philippine Islands, an hour and 30 minutes after H-Hour on D-Day. I know what London has been going through with those air raids - they are no fun."  
       
*** These letters were written by Private William B. Hemphill of Missouri. Private Hemphill served in action against the Japanese in the 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. After serving in the Admiralty Islands campaign Private Hemphill participated in the October 1944 invasion of Leyte, Philippine Islands, and then on Leyte anfd Luzon in the campaign to liberate the Philippines.      

   Interesting original WWII letters written by a soldier in the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division who served against the Japanese in the Pacific.   

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