WWII Letter, 6th Infantry Division. Combat. Japanese Looting. Philippines 1945.

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WWII Letter, 6th Infantry Division. Combat. Japanese Looting. Philippines 1945.:
$10.00

April 1945. 20th Infantry Regiment. Luzon, Philippine Islands. Scarce frontline letter. Fighting in the mountains. Content discussing being in combat. Also Japanese looting from the Filipinos. More. Landed at Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. Also fought in New Guinea. Fought in the Battle of Lone Tree Hill at Maffin Bay, New Guinea, June 1944. *** Please be sure to read the full detailed item description provided. Click on \"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 a scarce and interesting original WWII letter, written on the front lines in the Philippine Islands in April 1945, in the mountains of Luzon while fighting against the Japanese. The letter was written by an American soldier serving in the 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division. This soldier saw a great deal of combat action against the Japanese in the Philippines and New Guinea.
(This soldier participated in some of the most savage fighting of the war against the Japanese, including the Battle of Lone Tree Hill, at Maffin Bay, New Guinea, in June 1944.)

This 3 page letter was written on Luzon on the 30th of April, 1945. The letter comes in it\'s original censored cover. The content is interesting and emotional. This soldier felt bad that he had not been able to send home any gifts or a card to his mother for Mother\'s Day. He explains that when he was in combat such things simply weren\'t a priority:

\"When a fellow is busy fighting, or any other kind of work over here, so far from home, he is not always thinking about birthdays, Mother\'s Day, Father\'s Day, and things he would think of when living a peaceful life at home. This situation is hard to explain to someone who isn\'t in the same fix and place.\"

   There is much more. This soldier explains that the Japanese had looted various items from the Filipino people, including clocks, which they had actually carried right with them when they fled into the mountains:

\"The J_ps even had them in the mountains with them, made in the States and looted from Filipino homes. Famous looters.\"

   There is a good segment about censorship restrictions preventing soldiers from writing about their experiences in battle. He looked forward to being able to tell of his experiences when he returned home:

\"After the war you and the others will learn a lot about real warfare.\"

   There is much more in this interesting and emotional 3 page frontline letter.

*** This original letter was written by Sergeant Marion Naes, Company L, 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division. Naes entered the army in 1941, prior to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. He served throughout the war in the 20th Infantry Regiment, 6th Infantry Division.
Naes arrived in New Guinea with his division in February 1944. After several months of patrolling and gaining experience of jungle warfare his regiment went into action against tough and experienced Japanese marines at Lone Tree Hill, Maffin Bay, New Guinea. The 20th Infantry Regiment\'s battle at Lone Tree Hill was among the most savagely fought engagements of the Pacific War.

Naes and his division then landed at Cape Sansapor in late July, and entered a period of intense patrolling to wipe out remaining Japanese resistance. The division remained on New Guinea until late 1944, patrolling and preparing for the invasion of Luzon in the Philippines. Naes landed with his division at Lingayen Gulf on the 9th of January, 1945. He remained in action until April 1945, at which time, following his promotion to sergeant, he was removed from combat and given an assignment in the rear area. (He may have briefly returned to his company on the line in the closing weeks of the war). His rotation point total on VE Day was 89, and he was rotated home to the United States for discharge from the army in August 1945. Although he served in a great deal of combat Sergeant Naes was never even slightly wounded. He was awarded the Bronze Star medal once, and possibly twice.
   An excellent original letter, written during the battle for Luzon in the Philippines in 1945 by an American soldier in the 6th Infantry Division who saw a great deal of combat action against the Japanese.

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