Troops of the 11th Airborne Division coordinate air and artillery attacks before moving up Hill 2380 in Luzon, April 1945. Note: this film was shot "live" with sound, unlike the majority of WW2 combat films, which were usually shot silent and had sound effects added later.
What A-20 unit was this? 312th BG?
vtbmwbiker 5 months ago
How many japanese were killed
hkll1958 9 months ago
My Dad flew in this raid too. This is great footage of A-20's in action!
peterbrown54 11 months ago
My father was there. He's my Hero. But I'm proud of all the soldiers.
Pwherrin 1 year ago
Great vid. This is exactly the kind of stuff I want to see. There's hardly any combat footage like this for the A20, A26, or B26s.
AirAssault7 2 years ago
The title card, not surprisingly, had the wrong area for this—this is one of the hills of Mt. Malarayat/Malipunyo in Batangas/Quezon, the Angels' territory after the Battle of Manila. The paratroopers mentioned being supported here—A, B and C companies of the 511th PIR—were the same companies that executed the Raid on Los Banos. The 11th's HQ in Batangas was in Lipa; A, B & C spent a lot of time in Bauan and Batangas city proper.
websterish 3 years ago
my grandpa used to tell me stories about a-20 and p38s flying over leyte..
grayfang 3 years ago
Wow cool.
unearth1980 3 years ago
U.S. put 6 .50's on the nose
VVS left some with the 6 .50's, and some with the 4 ShVAK 20 mm cannon's.
SubwayCH 3 years ago
A-20G had .50cals in the nose only the russians tried the 20mm option. FYI. Looked up on Wiki and saw the same info anout the 20mm but everything else ive read and seen say only .50cals
ontos 3 years ago