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AN OUTLINE OF EVENTS AT WHEELER POINT ON 18 AND 19 FEBRUARY 1945  - More years ago than I'm sure he cares to remember, John Lindgren felt the compulsion to get to the bottom of what happened that night at Wheeler Point.  This article was his starting point, and though he resolves some old questions,  new ones are sure to arise.   This won't be the final word on the topic, but for the moment we bring it to you perhaps as your starting point towards understanding "The Battle at  Banzai Point." 
"BLESS 'EM ALL" Interactive index of featured articles from Bill Calhoun's comprehensive history of 2/503d. 
"BLESS 'EM ALL" PROJECT Jumpstation, for the in-depth reader, to the wealth of research materials on the 2nd Battalion 503d PIR & the 503d PRCT.
"CORREGIDOR - DAY 1"

- Chet Nycum spent the war as a private, and it is from this viewpoint his experiences on Corregidor are recorded. 

"The Letter" GO TO CORREGIDOR WEBSITE

When Jim Mullaney found the remains of a  long dead US Defender in Corregidor's long grass he didn't realize that his own personal "mopping-up" wouldn't end until 50 years later when he decided to send "The Letter".

"ON TO CORREGIDOR - WITH THE 2nd ESB." - The landing craft unit which made the Corregidor landings was Co. "F", 532nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment of the 2nd Engineer Special Brigade. Here's how the landing was made.
"Operation TopsidE" PICTORIAL  - On 16 February 1945, the 503rd PRCT dropped in to the most dangerous designated drop zone of WW2. The operation was extensively covered photographically from the air, and we now present a series of the photographs taken that morning. Most of these have been acquired from Fred Hill's collection.  Photographic prints from the original negatives are available from  Fred Hill, Photosmith.
"Recapture of Corregidor"  - Article extracted from IMPACT, the Army Air Forces' Confidential Picture History of World War II.  (April 1945 Edition)
"The Return To The Rock":  -  Article extracted from IMPACT, the Army Air Forces' Confidential Picture History of World War II. (Sept-Oct 1945 Edition)
"THE U.S.N. AT CORREGIDOR" Retaking Corregidor was no cake-walk.  
"VERNE WHITE RECALLS" GO TO CORREGIDOR WEBSITE A paratrooper recalls his war, and the immediate circumstances of his almost fatal wounding.
"The View From Here" - Don Abbott has contributed several authoritative articles relating to his experiences, amongst them how The Warden got his name, The "E" Company Attack on Btty. Monja, Return To Mindoro, and Purple Hearts on Noemfoor.  Particularly noteworthy are his comprehensive compilations of the casualty lists from Corregidor and of The 503d in WWII. The Corregidor Honor Roll contains individual links to tribute pages containing what is presently known about the deaths of the individuals involved.