[5] XXIV Corps Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 11–12. [↑]
[6] Fragmentary Order, CG 7th Div to CO 32d Inf, 14 Nov 44, 7th Div G-3 Jnl, 14 Nov 44. [↑]
[7] Col. John M. Finn, “Shoestring Ridge,” Infantry Journal, LVII, 3 (September, 1945), 47. [↑]
[8] 7th Inf Div G-3 Periodic Rpt, 21 Nov 44. [↑]
[9] 7th Inf Div G-3 Jnl, 20 Nov 44. [↑]
[10] 7th Inf Div G-3 Periodic Rpt, 21 Nov 44. [↑]
[11] 7th Inf Div G-3 Jnl, 23 Nov 44. The 11th 155-mm. Gun Battalion and the 5th 155-mm. Howitzer Battalion were Marine artillery units and part of the V Amphibious Corps artillery which had been designated for Yap. With the cancellation of that operation, these two battalions had been assigned to the XXIV Corps as part of the corps artillery for Leyte. [↑]