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San Isidro - A municipality on the NW Coast of Leyte Island in the Philippines. On December 7, 1944, the Fifth Air Force received orders to intercept
a Japanese convoy approaching the northwest coast of Leyte. The convoy had been delayed one day to allow the use of assigned air cover in the Wa Operation. The
delay proved to be fatal for the Japanese. The Fifth Air Force planes hit the convoy and sent it scurrying for shelter in San Isidro harbor, on Leyte's wild and mountainous
northwest tip. For most of the day, army and Marine fighters and bombers were over the Japanese ships. Only a few Japanese aircraft arrived to protect the helpless
convoy. As a result, the convoy suffered 300 casualties and lost substantial amounts of ammunition and other supplies. More important to the Americans was the fact
the convoy was out of touch with headquarters.
Photo - Banda (Suicide) Unit, Attacks the U.S. Fleet off Philippines by Miyamoto Saburo, 1944. The painting depicts a kamikaze attack on U.S. warships at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
U.S. Navy,
Map - Battle of Leyte |
Tommy Trampp |
