[28] Flanagan, The Angels, p. 49. [↑]
[29] Air Evaluation Board, SWPA, Leyte Campaign, p. 174, AAF Archives. [↑]
[30] Msg, CG XXIV Corps to CG Sixth Army, 1440, 9 Dec 44, XXIV G-3 Jnl, 9 Dec 44; XXIV Corps G-2 Periodic Rpt 50, Incl 1, 8 Dec 44, XXIV Corps G-3 Jnl, 9 Dec 44. Both are translations of Japanese documents giving plans for the airborne attack. [↑]
[31] Davidson et al., The Deadeyes, pp. 67–68; Flanagan, The Angels, pp. 40–50; 408th Airborne QM Co, Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 10–11; CG 11th AB Div to CG XXIV Corps, 2205, 6 Dec 44, XXIV Corps G-3 Jnl, 7 Dec 44. [↑]
[32] Rpt, Capt Charles Bellows to G-3 XXIV Corps, 8 Dec 44, Investigation of Enemy Paratroopers, XXIV Corps G-3 Jnl, 8 Dec 44. [↑]
[33] 127th AB Engr Bn Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 1–2; Flanagan, The Angels, p. 51. [↑]
[34] Sixth Army Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 72. [↑]
[35] Maj Martin C. Grigg, The Operations of the 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry ... in the Battle for the Buri Airstrip..., pp. 6–7, OCMH. [↑]