The Saber and Scroll Journal Volume 9, Number 4, Spring 2021 | Page 81

A Division At War — Part II
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Notes
1 Cannon , M . Hamlin , Leyte : The Return To The Philippines , 220-227 . 2 Ibid ., 368 . 3 Robert Ross Smith , The Approach To The Philippines , 505 . 4 John Carlisle , Red Arrow Men : Stories About the 32 nd Division on the villa Verde Trail , 7 .
5 To best understand this debate see the memoirs of General MacArthur and his staff as well as Admiral Chester Nimitz and his staff officers . All have to be taken very carefully as there is blatant bias in each account and each defense of their strategic point of view .
6 Sixth United States Army , Report of the Luzon Campaign : 9 January – 30 June 1945 , 80 .
7 The 32 nd “ Red Arrow ” Veterans Association , The 32 nd Infantry Division in World War II , The “ Red Arrow ” Luzon Campaign – The Villa Verde Trail , 2 .
8 Smith , Triumph In The Philippines , 504 . 77