Part IV, Col Junkichi Okabayashi, Opns of the 1st Division on Leyte,

p. 18.

[1188] Tomochika, True Facts of Leyte Opn, p. 25.

[1189] GHQ SWPA Opns Instns 81, 15 Dec 44.

[1190] Sixth Army FO 40, 21 Dec 44.

[1191] Eighth Army FO 8, 20 Dec 44.

[1192] Quoted in Sixth Army Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 84.

[1193] See M. Hamlin Cannon and Robert Ross Smith, Luzon and the Southern Philippines, a forthcoming volume in this series.

[1194] 35th Army Opns, p. 119.

[1195] Tomochika, True Facts of Leyte Opn, p. 32.

[1196] 35th Army Opns, pp. 115-16.

[1197] Tomochika, True Facts of Leyte Opn, p. 29.

[1198] Ibid., p. 30.

[1199] 10th I&HS, Eighth Army Stf Study of Opns of Japanese 102d Division on Leyte and Cebu, App., p. 3; Tomochika, True Facts of Leyte Opn, pp. 29-31.

[1200] Msg, Gen Yamashita to Gen Suzuki, 1535, 30 Dec 44. Translation of HS-23A, file of 35th Army Headquarters documents held by former Maj. Takahash Kohet, P8, GHQ FEC, MI Sec, ATIS. Copy in OCMH.

[1201] 35th Army Opns, pp. 120-24.

[1202] Eighth Army Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 3.

[1203] Ibid., p. 9.

[1204] Eighth Army Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 3. Unless otherwise cited, this subsection is based upon this operations report, pp. 1-18.

[1205] Eighth Army Opns Rpt Leyte, pp. 7-17.

[1206] Tomochika, True Facts of Leyte Opn, p. 34.

[1207] 35th Army Opns, pp. 118, 127.

[1208] Ibid., pp. 127-28.

[1209] 10th I&HS, 35th Army Opns on Leyte, Part IV, Opns of Japanese 1st Division on Leyte, pp. 19-20.

[1210] Tomochika, True Facts of Leyte Opn, p. 34.

[1211] 10th I&HS, 35th Army Opns on Leyte, Part IV, Opns of Japanese 1st Division on Leyte, pp. 21-22.

[1212] Ibid., p. 21.

[1213] During his travels, General Suzuki composed two poems which he presented to his "dear brother Tomochika," One of these, entitled "A Farewell Poem," ran as follows:

Every soldier must expect to sacrifice his life in War, Only then has his duty been done; Be thankful that you can die at the front, Rather than an inglorious death at home.

Tomochika, True Facts of Leyte Opn, pp. 34--39.

[1214] Strength Accounting Br, AGO, STM-30, 1 Feb 45. These figures must be treated with caution as they include, in addition to those who had actually participated, troops who were merely staging on the island and had played no part in the operation. It is important to remember that at all stages of the Leyte Campaign troops and units were constantly coming and going.

[1215] Sixth Army Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 84.

[1216] Eighth Army Opns Rpt Leyte, p. 3.

[1217] Ibid., p. 16.

[1218] Robert L. Eichelberger, Our Jungle Road to Tokyo (New York, 1950), p. 181.

[1219] Estimated.

[1220] 35th Army Opns, p. 126.

[1221] 10th I&HS, Eighth Army Stf Study of Opns of Japanese 35th Army on Leyte, Interrog of Gen Tomochika, pp. 9-10.

[1222] Tomochika, True Facts of Leyte Opn, Interrog of Gen Tomochika, p. 7.

[1223] See Cannon and Smith, Luzon and the Southern Philippines.

[1224] U. S. Military Commission, U. S. Army Forces Western Pacific, United States of America vs Tomoyuki Yamashita, Testimony of General Yamashita, XXVIII, 3527.

[1225] For complete listing of symbols see FM 21-30, from which these are taken.

[1226] Volumes on the Army Air Forces, published by the University of Chicago Press, are not included.