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The porters' loaded feet slowed the ridge-and the division ran out of men
A hollowed division climbs Villa Verde Trail toward Yamashita Ridge with Filipino porters-did they make it in time?
The porters' loaded feet slowed the ridge-and the division ran out of men
In this episode, we follow the Thirty-Second Infantry Division as it begins the Villa Verde campaign up a 27-mile mountain trail in Luzon and confronts supply limits, entrenched defenses, and exhaustion. What choices did commanders and soldiers make as the division wore down mile after mile?
Person: Major General William H. Gill
Date: February 21-May 31, 1945
Location: Villa Verde Trail, Caraballo…
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