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James David Wheatley 3rd Battalion I Company 1st Lieutenant James David Wheatley, Jr. James David Wheatley, Jr.

used as a command post.  Since its entrance faced the Allied troops, it is most likely that the tunnel suffered a direct hit from friendly fire. T/Sgt. Jim Yamashita later recalled: The saddest assignment was supervising the removal of the bodies of those who had been killed by a direct hit on I Company’s

some fresh air.  The mine shaft opening took a direct hit; seven to eight men were killed.  We lost a lot of good comrades that day. T/Sgt. Jim J. Yamashita, later wrote to Mamoru’s brother Leonard: I was on line when I Company’s CP (Command Post) was shelled.  To this day we are not