Cassel, Michael, LT

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Last Rank
Lieutenant
Last Primary NEC
00X-Unknown NOC/Designator
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1945-1953, 00X, Naval Reserve Forces Command
Service Years
1942 - 1953
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Horned Shellback
Lieutenant Lieutenant

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Luzon Campaign (1944-45)/Battle of Mindoro
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December / 1944
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December / 1944

Description
The Battle of Mindoro was a battle in 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.

Troops of the United States Army, supported by the United States Navy and U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), made an amphibious landing on Mindoro and defeated Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) forces there. There was no significant opposition from the Imperial Japanese Navy, nor from the Japanese Army and Navy Air Forces, except for kamikaze (suicide) attacks on American ships.

The Japanese force in Mindoro was not large, and was eliminated in three days. The Army was assisted in the campaign by guerrillas from the local Filipino population.

The U.S. captured Mindoro to establish airfields there, which would be in fighter range of Lingayen Gulf in northern Luzon Island, where the next major amphibious invasion of the Philippines was planned. Ground-based fighter cover was necessary for this operation. Mindoro could also serve as the advanced base for U.S. troops going to fight in Luzon.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
December / 1944
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December / 1944
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
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  202 Also There at This Battle:
  • Arbuckle, Bryant Joseph, SCPO, (1941-1968)
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