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Food supply was nonexistent for the Japanese
soldiers that made their last stand in the rugged, mountainous terrain of
Noemfoor Island.
Faced with this impossible situation and the human need to stay alive, many
Japanese soldiers resorted to cannibalism as this picture graphically demonstrates.
While the Japanese primarily ate their own dead, several American soldiers were
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My Private War
Chester Nycum, of the 503rd, describes in great
detail his combat experience on Noemfoor Island. This account reveals the savage nature of
combat in the Pacific.
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Purple
Hearts on Noemfoor Don Abbott of the 503rd Regimental Combat Team describes a patrol to
scout out Hill 670 on
Noemfoor Island. |
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The Airborne Assault on
Noemfoor |
The
Airborne Assault Noemfoor
Drop
Zone Noemfoor Charles Rambo, Regimental
Communication Officer of the 503rd describes the bone crushing combat jump on
Noemfoor
Island.
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