U.S. Coast Guard-manned landings barges, loaded with troops, sweep toward the beaches of Leyte Island at H-Hour on Oct. 20, 1944 as American and Japanese planes duel to death overhead. [ U.S. Coast Guard | National Archives ]
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War museum focuses on Philippines campaign

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Ensign Crandell, TBM pilot of VC-80, and his air crewmen who were brought back on board USS Manila Bay by a U.S. Navy PT Boat 523 after they were shot down over Leyte Island beachhead, Philippines on Oct. 22, 1944. [ U.S. Navy | National Archives ]
A squad leader points out a suspected Japanese position at the edge of Balete Pass, near Baguio, where troops of the 25th Infantry Division are in fierce combat with Japanese forces on March 23, 1945. [ U.S. Army ]
A line of Coast Guard amphibious landing craft, sweeping through the waters of Lingayen Gulf, carries the first wave of troops to the beaches of Luzon, after a terrific naval bombardment of Japanese shore positions on Jan. 9, 1945. [ National Archives ]

The Camp Gordon Johnston World War II Museum in Carrabelle is presenting a special exhibit on the Philippines campaign. This exhibit will be on display until Saturday, Sept. 28.

The museum is open every Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. There is no charge for admission, but donations are gladly accepted. 

Visitors are invited to come learn about the Japanese assault on the Philippines, the Bataan Death March, and the long campaign to liberate the islands starting with the landing at Leyte and the great Leyte Gulf Naval Campaign. 

The 38th Infantry Division, which trained at Camp Gordon Johnston, is also known as the “Avengers of Bataan.” This division fought a tough campaign at Zig Zag Pass in Luzon in the spring of 1945.

The museum is located directly across from Carrabelle Public Beach Park at 1873 Hwy 98 West. For more information, contact the museum at (850) 697-8575 or museum@campgordonjohnston.com.

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Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.

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