Yokosuka 1st Special Naval Landing Force -- Dash forward -- Japan needs oil -- P1 Airfield -- The capture of Palembang -- Dutch West Timor -- The U.S. paratrooper -- Equipping the American paratrooper -- Operation Cartwheel -- Nadzab -- Baptism of fire -- Birth of a division, death of a program -- New Guinea interlude -- Noemfoor -- Leyte firefight -- The calm before the storm -- Caught napping -- Buri Airfield -- By air and by sea -- Tagaytay Ridge -- The Rock -- Rock Force Assault -- Seizing the Rock -- Los Baños -- The raid -- The last jump -- Epilogue -- Notes.