. At Corregidor the Japs made a fatal mistake by their failure to anticipate our coming; for, notwithstanding the heavy bombardment that proceeded us, they could have maintained sufficient fire power on Top-Side to have wiped us out as we came down. When they finally realized that we were dropping down on them in force, they turned what few guns they could move in a hurry, upward, toward our planes. Most, however, were situated so far down the sides of the cliff that they could not reach us. Some of these, however, succeeded, after a time, in moving to new locations; but our men pinned them down while they made this effort, and attacked them with mortars and machine guns, once they were set up in their new positions. When our 2nd Battalion came over, the Japs improved their anti-aircraft fire somewhat, though still not enough to be seriously effective. As each of our C-47's approached, it was greeted by staccato bursts from Nip machine guns, and even over the jump field there was some slight fire. None of this opposition halted the transport pilots, however. It was an inspiring sight to watch them level the wings of their big planes and come gliding in at minimum flying speed, only 600 feet above the Jap gun positions. Each of these pilots, I understand, was awarded the Air Medal; and we felt they deserved it even though, under Infantry policy, our own men received no individual awards for making the mission.