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.

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

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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.