Operations of the Provisional Air Corps Regiment in the defense of Bataan Peninsula, P.I., 8 January-10 April 1942 (Philippine Islands Campaign) : personal experience of a platoon leader [manuscript] / 1st Lieut. Sheldon H. Mendelson
Title
Operations of the Provisional Air Corps Regiment in the defense of Bataan Peninsula, P.I., 8 January-10 April 1942 (Philippine Islands Campaign) : personal experience of a platoon leader [manuscript] / 1st Lieut. Sheldon H. Mendelson
Subject
Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942.
Description
Author was an infantry officer assigned to a provisional unit created in Bataan. The unit was composed of mechanics and ground crew of the US Army Air Corps, who were made to fight as infantrymen on the ground rather than fight in the air, since US air forces were largely destroyed at the start of the war.
His monograph discusses the experience of training and employing this unit in the front lines, something the men had not been trained to do. In the end, the provisional regiment proved its worth, but paid the price: it ceased to exist with the surrender of the Bataan and most of its members died as prisoners of war of the Japanese.
His monograph discusses the experience of training and employing this unit in the front lines, something the men had not been trained to do. In the end, the provisional regiment proved its worth, but paid the price: it ceased to exist with the surrender of the Bataan and most of its members died as prisoners of war of the Japanese.
Creator
Mendelson, Sheldon H., 1st Lieut.
Publisher
The Infantry School
Date
1947
Format
32 x 25 cm.
application/pdf (.pdf) 803 KB
Type
Manuscript (Loose-leaf with binder)
Call Number
MS RH 10
Accession Number
16168
Pagination
25 leaves
Accompanying Materials
1 compact disc (digital ; 4 3/4 cm.)
Files
Collection
Citation
Mendelson, Sheldon H., 1st Lieut. , “Operations of the Provisional Air Corps Regiment in the defense of Bataan Peninsula, P.I., 8 January-10 April 1942 (Philippine Islands Campaign) : personal experience of a platoon leader [manuscript] / 1st Lieut. Sheldon H. Mendelson,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed November 12, 2024, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/540.