Last week, we featured a couple of our soldiers’ varied reactions to war’s end. In this edition of Letters From War Wednesday, let’s take a look at Captain Wayne Sandefur’s note home following Japan’s surrender. Sandefur served with distinction at the battles of Zig Zag Pass and Woodpecker Ridge as the commanding officer of Company [...]
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Following the 152nd Infantry, 38th Infantry Division’s hard-fought victory at Zig Zag Pass, the unit was deployed to the Sierra Madre mountain range along the northeastern coast of Luzon in the Philippines. Captain Wayne Sandefur’s Company L was assigned to take Woodpecker Ridge, part of the Japanese’s Shimbu Line. For his heroics at Woodpecker Ridge, [...]
On January 29, 1945, American troops returned to Bataan. Company L, 152nd Infantry, 38th Infantry Division, commanded by Captain Wayne Sandefur, landed on the west coast of Luzon, near San Narciso. “Always the unexpected happens in war,” Comapany L trooper, Clarence De Turk said, with a laugh. “When we made our landing, we expected a [...]
In this edition of Letters From War Wednesday, we feature a short note home from Captain Wayne Sandefur, commanding officer of Company L, 152nd Infantry, 38th Infantry Division, upon his arrival in the Philippines. Nov. 3 1944 Dear folks, When you receive this, you will know that we have landed safely. We had fine trip [...]
As a native Hoosier, I was particularly interested in the story of World War II hero, Wayne Sandefur. A special thanks goes out to Sandefur’s daughter, Ginny, for providing so many interesting details. Prior to war, at Purdue University, Sandefur starred as a guard on the Boilermaker’s gridiron squad. Following graduation, he took a teaching [...]
When we think of letters from war, we envision notes from a soldier, home to his family. But there are also letters, typically from the U.S. War Department, that bear the most awful news, that of a soldier’s, sailor’s or airman’s death. Notes of a more personal nature, from those who served with the recently [...]