The Souvenir (2013)
“Pacific Fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii.
8 December 1941 Japanese planes bomb Philippine city of Baguio in northern Luzon.
11 March 1942 General Douglas MacArthur retreats from Corregidor, Philippines, after declaring, “I shall return.”
August 1943 Newly drafted Private Norman Steinman arrives at Camp Fannin, Tyler, Texas, for infantry training.
January 1944 Private Norman Steinman ships out from San Francisco, crosses the Pacific to join Twenty-fifth “Tropic Lightning” Infantr...y Division in Auckland, New Zealand. Assigned to Headquarters Company, First Battalion, Twenty-seventh Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds.”
Late February 1944 Twenty-fifth Division lands at Noumea, principal city New Caledonia, for further combat training. “Tropic Lightning” expected to return to fighting lines in June.
June 1944 Tactical plans change. Twenty-fifth remains on New Caledonia for more training. Rehearsals for landing on beaches in Luzon Campaign.
7 December 1944 Twenty-fifth Division convoy, known as Task Unit 77.9, moves out of Noumea, New Caledonia.MoreLess
8 December 1941 Japanese planes bomb Philippine city of Baguio in northern Luzon.
11 March 1942 General Douglas MacArthur retreats from Corregidor, Philippines, after declaring, “I shall return.”
August 1943 Newly drafted Private Norman Steinman arrives at Camp Fannin, Tyler, Texas, for infantry training.
January 1944 Private Norman Steinman ships out from San Francisco, crosses the Pacific to join Twenty-fifth “Tropic Lightning” Infantr...y Division in Auckland, New Zealand. Assigned to Headquarters Company, First Battalion, Twenty-seventh Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds.”
Late February 1944 Twenty-fifth Division lands at Noumea, principal city New Caledonia, for further combat training. “Tropic Lightning” expected to return to fighting lines in June.
June 1944 Tactical plans change. Twenty-fifth remains on New Caledonia for more training. Rehearsals for landing on beaches in Luzon Campaign.
7 December 1944 Twenty-fifth Division convoy, known as Task Unit 77.9, moves out of Noumea, New Caledonia.MoreLess
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