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Training Exercise - Tulungan '62
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1962 Description "EXERCISE TULUNGAN" - INVOLVING A FORCE OF 37,000 MEN, 80 SHIPS AND 400 AIRCRAFT OF THE SOUTH EAST ASIA TREATY ORGANISATION - SWUNG INTO ACTION OFF THE PHILIPPINES ISLANDS, MARCH 26TH. IT WAS THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS EXERCISE HELD IN THE PACIFIC SINCE THE SECOND WORLD WAR. APART FROM A SQUADRON OF AUSTRALIAN JET FIGHTERS BASED AT SINGAPORE, ALL THE FORCES WERE FORM AMERICA AD THE PHILIPPINES. OTHER SEATO NATIONS SENT OBSERVERS. MAIN OPERATION WAS AN ASSAULT BY 16,000 MEN PUT ASHORE BY SEA AND AIR ON THE ISLAND OF MINDORO. AWAITING THEM AND ACTING AS THE "ENEMY" WERE 1500 UNITED STATES AND FILIPINO MARINES WHO HAD BEEN ON THE ISLAND FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE WEEKS DRAWING UP PLANS FOR AMBUSH, HARASSMENT AND INFILTRATION. SIMULATED ATTACKS ON THE INVASION FORCE FROM THE AIR AND SUBMARINES WERE STAGE TO ADD AUTHENTICITY - AND FURTHER OBSTACLES - TO THE OPERATION. PRINCIPAL PURPOSE OF THE EXERCISE WAS TO ACCUSTOM TROOPS AND OFFICERS TO THE TYPE OF FIGHTING WHICH HAS PROVED MOST EFFECTIVE IN SOUTH EAST ASIA, GUERILLA WARFARE. IN ADDITION IT WAS HOPED THE PARTICIPANTS WOULD BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT OF THE OTHER SEATO MEMBERS. THE EXERCISE WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF VICE-ADMIRAL WILLIAM SCHOECH, USN COMMANDER U.S. SEVENTH FLEET, AND BRIGADIER ALFREDO SANTOS, COMMANDING GENERAL PHILIPPINE ARMY. IN CHARGE OF THE AMPHIBIOUS GROUP WAS REAR ADMIRAL HOOPER. |
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