The Battle of Mindoro (Filipino: Labanan sa Mindoro) took place during World War II between forces of the United States and Japan, in Mindoro Island in the central Philippines, from 13–16 December 1944, during the Philippines Campaign.

missed the 224, and saw the other glide over the treetops on Mindoro, on fire and losing altitude. On the afternoon of December 17, three planes attacked the boats in

On 13 December 1944, two days before the scheduled assault on Mindoro, kamikaze aircraft attacked the US Navy task force delivering the landing force. The light cruiser Nashville was hit by a kamikaze, losing more than 130 men killed and having another 190 men wounded.

The Naval Battle of Mindoro. In a comparatively lame attempt to duplicate their success at Savo Island off Guadalcanal in 1942, the Japanese dispatched a force from Cam Ranh Bay in...

After three weeks of screening the carrier support group covering resupply convoys between Mindoro and the Lingayen Gulf landing beaches, destroyer USS Nicholas entered the anchorage at Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, Philippines.

Pacific directly concerned with establishment of the southwestern Mindoro air base, including those from kamikaze operations, numbered about 475 men killed and 385 wounded. On Mindoro, the Japanese lost about 170 men killed and 15 taken prisoner. Japanese casualties in the air and naval counterattack operations are unknown.

The Battle of Mindanao (Filipino: Labanan sa Mindanao; Cebuano: Gubat sa Mindanao; Japanese: ミンダナオの戦い) was fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines as part of Operation VICTOR V.

The Battle of Mindoro took place during World War II between forces of the United States and Japan, in Mindoro Island in the central Philippines, from 13–16 December 1944, during the Philippines Campaign.

The Battle of Mindoro was a battle fought between the US and Japan, during the Philippines Campaign, in mid December 1944. Before American forces could consider assaulting Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines and home to the capital city Manila, advance airbases had to be established so that the troops could move under the protection of ...

Dec 15, 2024 · On October 17, 1944, the naval, air, and land forces of Gen. Douglas Mac­Arthur, Supreme Com­mander, South­west Pacific Area, began their assault on the Japa­nese-held Philip­pine island of Leyte.