Nov 1 US invades Bougainville, Solomon Islands Nov 20 US invades Makin and Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. Nov 23 Japanese resistance ends on Makin and Tarawa. Dec 14 Letter to brother, Izzy Dec 26 Marines 1st Div attacks New Britain. TIMELINE 1944 Jan 1 Herman joins 637 Med. Clearing Company Separate Platoon 2, Training at Fort Ord Jan 9 British recapture Burma Jan 27 Letter to brother Izzy Feb 1-7 US troops capture Kwajalein and Jajura Atolls in the Marchal Islands. Feb 1 Letter to brother Izzy Feb 6 Letter to brother Izz y Feb 20 US carrier based planes destroy Jap base on Rabaul. Feb 24 Letter to brother Izzy Mar 3 Letter to brother Izzy Mar 9 637 Med. Clr Co. is at a staging camp in San Francisco. Mar 21 637 Med. Clr Co. leaves on SS Hawaiian Shipper to unknown destination. Mar 23 Booklets were passed out, ’Pocket Guide To New Guinea. Apr 13 637 Med. Clr Co. arrives at Milne Bay, New Guinea. Apr 17 Japs invade China. Apr 20 Herman - Disembark Finschhafen Apr 20 Mail to Harry and Ida Apr 20 Mail to mother and father Apr 21 637 Med. Clr Co. is in Gusika Apr 22 Allies arrive at Aitape and Hollandia in New Guinea Apr 26 Mail to Mother and Father. Apr 29 Mail to Mother and Father. May 1 Letter to brother Izzy May 4 Letter to brother Izzy May 27 Allies invade Biak Islands, New Guinea. May 31 Letter to brother Izzy Jun 5 77 US B-29 Super-fortresses bombers drop bombs on Jap railway in Bangkok, Thailand. Jun 9 Letter to brother Izzy
Jun 13 Letter to brother Izzy Jun 15 US Marines invade Saipan, Mariana Islands. Jun 15 47 B-29 based in Bengal, India bomb Japan mainland at Yawata. Jun 18 Letter to brother Izzy Jun 19 Battle of the Philippine Sea, The Marianas Turkey Shoot. US carrier based planes shoot down 220 Japanese planes while losing only 20. Jul 1 Letter to brother Izzy Jul 8 Japanese withdraw from Imphal. Jul 19 US Marines invade Guam in the Marianas. Jun 22 Cyclone Task Force formed. Jul 24 US Marines invade Tinian. Jul 27 American troops complete the liberation of Guam. Aug 3 US And Chinese troops take Myitkyina after a two-month siege. Aug 8 American troops complete the capture of the Mariana Islands. Aug 27 Mail to Ida about Carol Marker Aug 27Letter to brother Izzy Sept 15 US Troops invade Morotai and the Palau. Sept 28 Herman applies for paratrooper duty. Oct 11 US air raids against Okinawa. Oct 18 Fourteen B-29s based on the Marianas attack the Japanese base at Truk. Oct 20 US Sixth Army invades Leyte in the Philippines. Oct 23-26 Battle of Leyte Gulf results in a decisive US Naval victory. Oct 25 The first suicide air (Kamikaze) attacks occur against US warships in Leyte Gulf. By the end of the war, Japan will have sent an estimated 2,257 aircraft. “The only weapon I feared in the war,” Adm. Halsey will say later. Nov 9 637 Med. Clr Co. leaves Gusika (7 Months). Nov 11 Iwo Jima bombarded by the US Navy. Nov 17 637 Med. Clr Co. in Sjoriboe Area / Noemfoor. Nov 24 Twenty-four B-29s bomb the Nakajima aircraft factory near Tokyo. Nov 24 Letter to brother Izzy Nov 27 Letter to brother Izzy Dec 15 US Troops invade Mindoro in the Philippines.
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