[68] 14th Area Army Opns Leyte, p. 8. [↑]

[69] 382d Inf Unit Rpt 14, 2 Nov 44. [↑]

[70] Orlando Davidson, J. Carl Willems, and Joseph A. Kahl, The Deadeyes: The Story of the 96th Infantry Division (Washington, Infantry Journal Press [now Combat Forces Press], 1947), p. 49. [↑]

[71] Sergeant Thompson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. [↑]

[72] 96th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 54; 96th Div G-3 Periodic Rpt 14, 3 Nov 44; 382d Inf Unit Rpt 15, 3 Nov 44; Davidson et al., The Deadeyes, p. 49. [↑]

[73] Davidson et al., The Deadeyes, p. 51; 96th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 54; 382d Inf Unit Rpt 16, 4 Nov 44; 96th Div G-3 Periodic Rpt 15, 4 Nov 44. [↑]

[74] Davidson et al., The Deadeyes, p. 51; 382d Inf Unit Rpt 17, 5 Nov 44; 96th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 55; 96th Div G-3 Periodic Rpt 16, 5 Nov 44; 763d Tank Bn Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 5. [↑]

[75] 96th Div Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 55; 382d Inf Unit Rpt 18, 6 Nov 44. [↑]

[76] 35th Army Opns, pp. 57–58. [↑]

[77] 382d Inf Unit Rpt 19, 7 Nov 44. [↑]