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When we think of airborne operations in WWII, the historiography is dominated by operations in the European Theatre. Parachute drops on Sicily, the Normandy coast for D-Day and into the Netherlands for Market Garden.\\xa0

But, in the Pacific, Joseph Swing\'s 11th Airborne Division - nicknamed the Angels - were making combat drops. They fought in some of the war\\u2019s most dramatic campaigns, from bloody skirmishes in Leyte\\u2019s unforgiving rainforests to the ferocious battles on Luzon, including the hellish urban combat of Manila.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0

Joining me is James Fenelon.

Long-time listeners might remember I chatted with James about the US 17th Airborne Division during Operation Varsity, the crossing of the Rhine. This time we are discussing James\' new book Angels Against the Sun: A WWII Saga of Grunts, Grit, and Brotherhood.

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