Homer writes: “My father was in 32nd ID - “Red Arrow Div.” I didn’t remember anything about a 33rd Div, but now I see they arrived on Luzon in Jan ‘45. My father was recovered from MIA and hospitalized on 1/3/45 on Leyte.”
By the way, you know, I’m certain, that both the 32nd and the 33rd were scheduled to land on the beaches of Japan, in September (?) 1945.
Right you are. The 32nd was to be part of Operation Coronet, preliminarily set for 1 March '46. Objective Tokyo and surrounding region. The 33rd was set for Operation Olympic, about 1 Nov. '45. Objective Kyushu and Shikoku Islands. My father would have missed the former. He was not discharged from army hospitals until April '46. My source for the above is West Point Atlas for the Second World War-Asia and the Pacific