Japanese Memorial: Capt. Itagaki's Last Stand
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Captain Akira Itagaki did not anticipate an airborne envelopment. He had deployed his troops for defense against amphibious attack... Capt. Itagaki, having been informed that (U.S.) landing craft were assembling off Mariveles, had hurried with a small guard to an observation post near Breakwater Point, obviously more concerned with the imminent amphibious assault than with the possibility that (American) paratroopers might drop out of the C-47's already in sight of Corregidor. Suddenly, his attention was rudely diverted as twenty-five to thirty paratroopers who had been blown over the cliffs near the point began pelting down around the observation post. Fired on by the Japanese, the small American group quickly assembled and attacked. In the ensuing skirmish eight Japanese, including Capt. Itagaki, were killed. Effective control among the Japanese units, already rendered practically impossible by the destruction of the communications center during the preassault air and naval bombardment, now ceased altogether. Leaderless, the remaining Japanese were no longer capable of coordinated offensive or defensive efforts. Each group would fight on its own from isolated and widely separated strongpoints. (Taken from http://www.ibiblio.net/hyperwar//USA/USA -P-Triumph/USA-P-Triumph-18.html)
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