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United States Army in World War II. the War in the Pacific: the Fall of the Philippines and United States Army in World War II: the European Theater of Operations: Logistical Support of the Armies. Volume I: May 1941--September 1944

Louis Morton and Roland G. Ruppenthal
Reviewed by By Henry L. Roberts
April 1954
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Louis Morton and Roland G. Ruppenthal
Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Military History and Department of the Army, Office of the Chief of Military History
1953
626616 pp.
$5.25

Two further volumes in this extensive official history. Mr. Ruppenthal's study is the first of two dealing with the enormous problem of supplying material to the American armed forces in Europe. Mr. Morton deals with a far more controversial subject: the Japanese landing in the Philippines, the American withdrawal to Bataan, and the fall of Corregidor. As the author indicates in his note on sources, the documentation for this campaign still remains a problem for the historian.