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...north, 1st Cavalry Division and 24th Infantry Division units, weary after more than three weeks of steady fighting -Major General Frederick Irving's 24th still bore Leyte's brunt-pushed southward from Carigara Bay, but had advanced no more than two miles by week's end. From the south the 7th and 96th Divisions progressed just as slowly while the Japs prepared for the big battle...
Actually, the Japs had stiffened before their new troops ever met MacArthur's infantrymen. Major General Frederick Irving's 24th Division, which had drawn one of the biggest shares of the fighting, won the little village of Cavite after a bayonet charge-a rare expedient for firepower-conscious U.S. soldiers. Pressing on, the 24th had a hard tussle before Carigara. It took the town after four days, when the Japs suddenly pulled...
Then Irving's soldiers hit strong Jap defenses on the road to Pinamopoan. The 24th took heavy casualties in a 50-ft. by 400-ft. defile, finally forced its way past Pinamopoan toward Ormoc. Veteran 7th Division troops advanced from the south toward Ormoc, where the Japs probably would make their last stand...
Among their units was the old 24th Regiment, which had supported Teddy Roosevelt in 1898 in the Rough Riders' charge up San Juan Hill. Two-thirds of their officers were Negroes, 90% of them college graduates. The enlisted men were boys who had lived in Harlem tenements, plowed Georgia farms, carted crates in San Francisco...
...dance the fever bug right off of his brow. It may be your last chance to dance to a civilized orchestra, your next will probably have a major drum section. Place that dollar in the hands of the nearest Morale officer and plan to attend the Senior dance July 24th. Those who attended the last one will tell you that dancing plays a minor role in the evening...