A little piece of history is found

CaptainHaplo · 07-18-10, 07:07 PM

Pretty faded but looks like (with some spelling correction):

"very rough day, Jap artillery encircled around us, got away from us. 5 from "K" company were killed at night, bayonetted by Japs."

That was the one on the 24th. The 26th is a little harder:

"Assaulted by "K" company, 172 inf. 3pm, captured "Hand XXXXX", held by Camp 1" The rest on that line is unreadable to me. *sounds like a leader captured and held nearby*

"K" co had 14 (or is that 19?) casualties
"L" had 8 casualties
"I" had 2 casualties

He was keeping tabs on fellow unit casualties. Looks like Kilo company led an assault that was successful - but at a fairly high cost. Lima and India were likely support or reserves committed.

You have great reason to be proud of your kin, my friend.

EDIT: Looks like on second read that may be a location they captured and its location is near camp 1 - or its held by a group also in camp 1.

07-18-10, 07:07 PM	#12
CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	Pretty faded but looks like (with some spelling correction): "very rough day, Jap artillery encircled around us, got away from us. 5 from "K" company were killed at night, bayonetted by Japs." That was the one on the 24th. The 26th is a little harder: "Assaulted by "K" company, 172 inf. 3pm, captured "Hand XXXXX", held by Camp 1" The rest on that line is unreadable to me. sounds like a leader captured and held nearby "K" co had 14 (or is that 19?) casualties "L" had 8 casualties "I" had 2 casualties He was keeping tabs on fellow unit casualties. Looks like Kilo company led an assault that was successful - but at a fairly high cost. Lima and India were likely support or reserves committed. You have great reason to be proud of your kin, my friend. EDIT: Looks like on second read that may be a location they captured and its location is near camp 1 - or its held by a group also in camp 1. __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo