Battle of the Villa Verde Trail, 7th segment.
This is an album of about 150 pictures from NARA. They are images in the Record Group 111.
U.S. Army Signal Corps Photographs of Military Activity During World War II and The Korean Conflict
National Archives Identifier: 80681919 Local Identifier: 111-SCA-2968
Creator: Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (9/18/1947 - 3/1/1964). The NARA URL is:
catalog.archives.gov/search?q=Villa%20Verde%20TrailThe Battle of the Villa Verde Trail was fought along the trail and thru the Salacsac Pass joining San Nicolas in Pangasinan and Santa Fe in Nueva Vizcaya across the Caballo Mountains. It was fought by the 32 Division from Feb. to May 1945. Many Filipino residents from the San Nickolas area helped in many ways’
The Japanese lost 5,410 at Salacsac Passes. The Battle of Villa Verde Trail, or the Battle of Salacsac Pass, cost the American 32nd Division, 825 killed, and 2,160 wounded.
For both, the Battle of the Balete Pass and the Villa Verde Trail, the casualties among Filipino Commonwealth regulars, Constabulary and guerrillas were 285 killed and 1,134 wounded in battle. The Japanese 10th Division and 2nd Tank Division were finished as effective combat units.
The above figures came from Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_PassThese pictures can be downloaded in high resolution at this Flickr album, click here:
www.flickr.com/photos/44567569@N00/albums/72157716393732587Zf099. The description for this picture is in the next image! This is an image from NARA, a collection of about 150 images about the Battle of Villa Verde, half of the images are only the descriptions. This is an image of my 7th segment of 9 pictures and 9 image descriptions plus two maps.
Zf100. This image is the description for the previous image, Villa Verde Trail in WWII from the 32nd Inf. Div. in the Philippines.
Zf101. The description for this picture is in the next image! This is an image from NARA, a collection of about 150 images about the Battle of Villa Verde, half of the images are only the descriptions. This is an image of my 7th segment of 9 pictures and 9 image descriptions plus two maps.
Zf102. This image is the description for the previous image, Villa Verde Trail in WWII from the 32nd Inf. Div. in the Philippines.
Zf103. The description for this picture is in the next image! This is an image from NARA, a collection of about 150 images about the Battle of Villa Verde, half of the images are only the descriptions. This is an image of my 7th segment of 9 pictures and 9 image descriptions plus two maps.
Zf104. This image is the description for the previous image, Villa Verde Trail in WWII from the 32nd Inf. Div. in the Philippines.
Zf105. The description for this picture is in the next image! This is an image from NARA, a collection of about 150 images about the Battle of Villa Verde, half of the images are only the descriptions. This is an image of my 7th segment of 9 pictures and 9 image descriptions plus two maps.
Zf106. This image is the description for the previous image, Villa Verde Trail in WWII from the 32nd Inf. Div. in the Philippines.
Zf107. The description for this picture is in the next image! This is an image from NARA, a collection of about 150 images about the Battle of Villa Verde, half of the images are only the descriptions. This is an image of my 7th segment of 9 pictures and 9 image descriptions plus two maps.
Zf108. This image is the description for the previous image, Villa Verde Trail in WWII from the 32nd Inf. Div. in the Philippines.
Zf109. The description for this picture is in the next image! This is an image from NARA, a collection of about 150 images about the Battle of Villa Verde, half of the images are only the descriptions. This is an image of my 7th segment of 9 pictures and 9 image descriptions plus two maps.
Zf110. This image is the description for the previous image, Villa Verde Trail in WWII from the 32nd Inf. Div. in the Philippines.
Zf111. The description for this picture is in the next image! This is an image from NARA, a collection of about 150 images about the Battle of Villa Verde, half of the images are only the descriptions. This is an image of my 7th segment of 9 pictures and 9 image descriptions plus two maps.
Zf112. This image is the description for the previous image, Villa Verde Trail in WWII from the 32nd Inf. Div. in the Philippines.
Zf113. The description for this picture is in the next image! This is an image from NARA, a collection of about 150 images about the Battle of Villa Verde, half of the images are only the descriptions. This is an image of my 7th segment of 9 pictures and 9 image descriptions plus two maps.
Zf114. This image is the description for the previous image, Villa Verde Trail in WWII from the 32nd Inf. Div. in the Philippines.
Zf115. The description for this picture is in the next image! This is an image from NARA, a collection of about 150 images about the Battle of Villa Verde, half of the images are only the descriptions. This is an image of my 7th segment of 9 pictures and 9 image descriptions plus two maps.
Zf116. This image is the description for the previous image, Villa Verde Trail in WWII from the 32nd Inf. Div. in the Philippines.