Description

Cavalier
Vol. 4, No. 21 — Philippine-Pacific Theater — Wednesday, February 27, 1945
4 pages scanned

Names
• Laberge, Roger (Pfc — Editor, The Cavalier)
• Leahy, William D. (Admiral — warned that Japan still has perhaps seven million troops)
• MacArthur, Douglas (General — announced capture of San Isidro and Montalban; reported Japanese losses on Leyte Island)
• McGrath, Arthur W. (Capt — 1st Cavalry Division Information & Education Officer)
• Mitscher (Admiral — commanded 5th Fleet carrier planes that pounded Japanese capital)
• Mountbatten, Louis (Admiral Lord — Southeast Asia Command headquarters located in Ceylon)
• Mudge, Verne D. (Major General, USA — Commander, 1st Cavalry Division; illustrated portrait on front page)
• Patton (General — U.S. 3rd Army troops smashed across Prum River within 6 miles of Bitburg)

Locations
• Admiralty Islands — campaign officially closed 18 May 1944 (one year prior retrospective)
• Antipolo, Philippines — 1st Cavalry units operating 18 miles due east of Manila
• Austria — Allied planes from Italy struck into Austria and southern Germany
• Baguio, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Bahrein Island, Persian Gulf — remote British war outpost
• Balinuag, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Batangas, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Berlin, Germany — Berlin-Danzig highway and railway cut by Russian advance
• Bitburg, Germany — U.S. 3rd Army within 6 miles of enemy base there
• Burma — Chinese troops captured Namtu; British seized village west of Mandalay
• Cabanatuan, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Ceylon — location of Admiral Mountbatten’s Southeast Asia Command HQ; British and Dutch forces stationed there
• Chojinite, Poland — Russians advanced to 7 miles near Polish frontier southwest of Chojinite
• Cocos Islands, Indian Ocean — remote British war outpost
• Cologne, Germany — 1st Army troops within 15 miles; Rhineland outer defenses cleared
• Danzig, Germany — Russians in Pomerania and East Prussia killed thousands near Danzig area
• Dortmund, Germany — RAF ripped synthetic oil plant nearby
• Dueren, Germany — 1st Army troops cleaned out Dueren
• Guimba, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• India — British Army nucleus with large training centers; over 2,000,000 British and Indian forces
• Iwo Jima — Japanese resistance to Marine advance continued at fanatical pitch; Marines hold southern end of central airfield
• Japan (town), Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Laguna de Bay, Philippines — 11th Airborne Division crossed San Juan River, southwest of Laguna de Bay
• Legaspi, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Lienhwa, China — city in Kwantze Province recaptured by Chinese troops
• Lingayen Gulf, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Lipa, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Lucena, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Luna, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Luzon, Philippines — 1st Cavalry Division liberated 4,000 sq mi (10% of total land area) from 1 Feb to 30 Apr
• Mandalay, Burma — British troops seized a village west of Mandalay
• Manila, Philippines — organized Japanese resistance ended; small groups still holding out isolated
• Marianas Islands — over 200 Superfortresses flying from Marianas hit Tokyo area
• Maridel, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Marinduque, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Montalban, Philippines — captured by MacArthur’s forces in operations east of Manila
• Muenchen-Gladbach, Germany — U.S. 9th Army speared to within 10 miles
• Munich, Germany — 500 bombers hit the shrine city where Hitler’s Home Guard gathered
• Naga, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Namtu, Burma — captured by Chinese troops
• New Guinea — operations continued further west along New Guinea coast (one year retrospective)
• Novalichea, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Pagay Gulf, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Paniqui, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Pomerania, Germany — Russians killed thousands of Germans in Danzig area operations
• Prum River, Germany — U.S. 3rd Army smashed across at two points
• Roer River, Germany — American offensive rolled 6 miles beyond Roer to within 15 miles of Cologne
• Ruhr, Germany — 9th Army threatening to encircle highway center guarding approaches to Ruhr city
• San Fabian, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• San Fernando, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• San Isidro, Philippines — captured per MacArthur’s announcement
• Santa Tomas, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Sibuyan Sea, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Singapore — American Superfortresses flying from India bombed Singapore harbor installations
• Tabaco, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Tanauan, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Tarlac, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Tayabas, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Tayabay, Philippines — shown on Southern Luzon map
• Tokyo, Japan — pounded by carrier planes of the 5th Fleet; also hit by 200+ Superfortresses from Marianas
• Tongking Gulf — U.S. 14th Air Force sank five Japanese vessels there and in South China Sea

Units
• 11th Airborne Division — crossed San Juan River, southwest of Laguna de Bay
• 14th Air Force (U.S.) — sank five Japanese vessels in Tongking Gulf and South China Sea
• 1st Cavalry Division — publishing unit; liberating Southern Luzon; 4,000 sq mi liberated 1 Feb–30 Apr
• 1st Cavalry Division Information & Education Office — publishing authority of The Cavalier
• 5th Fleet — carrier planes commanded by Admiral Mitscher that pounded Japanese capital
• 9th Army (U.S.) — speared to within 10 miles of Muenchen-Gladbach, threatening Ruhr encirclement
• American 1st Army — rolled 6 miles beyond Roer River to within 15 miles of Cologne
• American 3rd Army (Patton’s) — smashed across Prum River at two points within 6 miles of Bitburg
• American 5th Army — struggling against desperate Germans on Italian front (one year retrospective)
• British 8th Army — struggling against desperate Germans on Italian front (one year retrospective)
• Canadian 1st Army — reported weakening German resistance as Germans withdrew front line armor
• R.A.F. (Royal Air Force) — ripped synthetic oil plant near Dortmund