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Date Sold	2024-06-29T00:00:00

Willoughby, OH 44094

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12/11/2023 - 6/29/2024

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Lot #	482
Estimate	300.00 - 500.00 USD
Group - Category	Antiques & Collectibles - Militaria & War Collectibles - World War II
Lead	WWII 441st COUNTER INTELLIGENCE CORPS PHOTO ALBUM
Description	Stellar WWII Pacific Theater Photo Album containing roughly 100 black and White Photos, Maps, and posters from the Pacific to include Several shots of Japanese Captured Flags with Kanji, insignia cut from either dead of POW's. The Veterans name was Staff Sergeant John R. Binford ASN 35 129 794. He served in New Guinea, Northern Solomons, Southern Philippines and Luzon Campaigns. There is a miniature of his DD-214 in the album as well which states he served in the 441st Counter Intelligence Corps. An early need for Military Intelligence investigators was apparent during the early stages of World War II. Colonel Thorpe, who later became Brigadier General Thorpe, obtained authority to recruit fifteen enlisted men from a replacement center and to train them in a special school which was established at Melbourne, Australia. On 25 August 1944 in Brisbane, Australia, the 441st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment, and one subsection, the 319th Military Intelligence Company, was organized under TO&E 50-500. (It later became the 441st Military Intelligence Detachment (Airborne in 1966). The responsibility for the conduct of counter-intelligence operations within units or agencies of the United States Army in Australia was vested in the Commanding General, USAFIA (original counterpart of the United States Army Pacific). On 20 November 1944 the 441st Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) Detachment was reassigned to the New Guinea campaign with the following missions: Cryptographic and disaffection investigations, ship paneling and allied port security measures including the checking of native craft moving along the coast, investigation of incidents and sabotage cases, and provisions for the general security of installations. The detachment inaugurated a highly effective native police-boy system in cooperation with the Netherlands Indies Civil Administration. These youths contacted village chiefs, led reconnaissance patrols, helped interrogate native suspects, and assisted in special investigations and in maintaining an informant net. The balance of the New Guinea campaign saw a repetition of o previous actions by the 441st. The detachment landed at Noemfoor Island, Sansapor, New Britain, and Morotai. On the eve of the invasion of Leyte Gulf, the 441st could look back on ten months of 1944 during which its officers, agents and other CIC detachments from other units had functioned in staging, combat, and post-operational phases with 15 divisions, one special task force, one regimental combat team, four corps, and two armies. On 13 March 1945 operations of the 441st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment in the Philippines commenced with the attack on Leyte Province. More than 20 CIC Officers,and Agents, in addition to attached Filipinos, landed on D-Day with elements of the 6th Army, and 24th Corps, 7th, 24th, 96th and 1st Cavalry Divisions. The civilian situation in Dulag was critical and the detachment spent the first few days interrogating persons in the civilian enclosure. Considerable time was also spent contacting guerrillas and gathering tactical and counterintelligence information. A meeting with representatives of the Philippine Commonwealth resulted in all potential political appointees being checked by CIC prior to their appointment. This clearance procedure included all constabulary personnel and municipal officials, thus giving CIC, at the outset, firm and reliable control over appointees. Experience gained in Leyte made the CIC better prepared than ever for the ensuing operations on Luzon and other islands of the Philippines. The first CIC personnel landed on Luzon, D-Day, 6 January 1945. Within three hours after the initial assault, troops had forged a beachhead along Lingayen Gulf Coast of Panagasenan Province. By D-Plus-2, nine CIC combat detachments with a complement of 22 officers, and more than 100 agents, exclusive of attached Filipino personnel, were in full operation. As in the Leyte Campaign, control of the movement of civilians was a major problem. CIC roadblocks established at strategic points proved an effective means of screening natives and provided a safeguard against infiltration by Japanese soldiers impersonating as Filipino civilians. CIC operations spread from island to island in the Philippine chain as the activity of the corps mushroomed. During March 1945, under combat conditions, 4,140 security cases were handled. The majority of the cases were possible collaboration and loyalty checks for prospective Philippine officials. For gallantry in action and meritorious service rendered to tactical units with whom they were assigned during all campaigns up to and including the Philippine campaign, officers and agents of the CIC were awarded two legions of merit, two silver stars, forty-six bronze stars, one soldier's medal and thirteen purple hearts. As the Philippine campaign drew to a close, attention was focused on the CIC, because, for the first time, American forces would be coming into direct contact with Japanese citizens in their homeland. The battle of Okinawa opened with the initial assault on 1 April 1945. Fourteen CIC agents lost their lives in support of the Okinawan operation. Overall, the CIC conducted its mission with great skill and appreciation of the potentially explosive situation on Japanese home territory. Training and planning were under way for CIC participation in operation "Olympic" and "Coronet", the invasion of the Japanese homeland, when VJ-Day came. Armies, corps and divisions that were geared for combat moved into Japan to occupy it peacefully. CIC detachments accompanied the tactical units into mainland Japan, but their mission was not clear, since no one knew how the Japanese public would react to the American occupation. The 80th Metropolitan CIC detachment landed at Yokohama on 2 September 1945 and advanced elements of the 441st CIC detachment on 15 September 1945. The 441st CIC detachment entered Tokyo and officially set up headquarters. On 26 September 1945, I Corps units landed at Wakayama, accompanied by a CIC detachment which moved into Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, and other Japanese cities. By 1 November 1945, it was apparent that the occupation was to be peaceful, and CIC detachments were detached from combat units and set up on a regional and area basis. HISTORY OF THE 441ST COUNTER INTELLIGENCE CORPS DETACHMENT DURING THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN: At the end of World War II, the 441st Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) Detachment was assigned to Japan. Along with the 319th MI Company, the 441st proved to be the most important operating agency of the Civil Intelligence Section. These two organizations formed the major investigating agencies in the field. The missions included: covering foreign espionage, treason, sabotage, sedition, subversive actions, security violations, and any act inimical to the policies of the occupation forces. Early occupation problems were caused by the wide, pendulum-like swings which occurred in the power of CIC. When an incident took place, extremely restrictive directives were issued on a case by case basis. Finally, the organization was able to compile and publish a policy guide which enabled the lower echelons of the CIC to become thoroughly knowledgeable in official policies on a wide variety of subjects. In the interests of efficiency, and to prevent overlapping with other agencies, activities of CIC were limited to: surveillance of subversive activities, individuals, or ideological movements, national or foreign, that had an adverse effect on the purposes and objectives of the occupation; and to intensify security surveillance under the general intent of counter espionage. This clarification of the mission eliminated an unaccountable number of criminal investigations and other irregularities, not of a counterintelligence nature, with which CIC had found itself involved. While the basic plan of having a CIC unit in each prefecture had remained constant, administrative control of such units was maintained at Corps level. When I and IX Corps were located in Kyoto and Sendai, CIC had its regional headquarters in the same cities. The reorganization of the CIC from a combat support unit to an occupation agency took considerable time since frequent rotation of personnel caused by demobilization reduced the overall continuity of the unit's effort. Such personnel turmoil necessitated extensive procurement and training of inexperienced personnel. Major problems included the standardization of operating procedures and centralization of operational control. Based on long personal contact with individual tactical commanders and G2s', the CIC had considerable difficulty in interpreting directives from higher and more remote commands. With the planned deactivation of the two corps' headquarters, the CIC regional headquarters were eliminated and liaison officers temporarily placed at corps headquarters pending the deactivation. The existing CIC districts, formed during the major reorganization of September 1948, evolved as major subordinate headquarters. At first there were seven districts. First District included the island of Kyushu and part of southern Honshu, an area which roughly comprised the area of operations of the 24th Infantry Division. The Second District included part of southern Honshu and the island of Shikoku, an area generally under the control of British Commonwealth occupation forces. Third District covered south-central Honshu in another area controlled by the 24th Infantry Division. Fourth District took in that area of Central Honshu controlled by the 1st Cavalry Division, less the Tokyo metropolitan area and Kanagawa (Yokohama) prefecture. Fifth District controlled northern Honshu while Sixth District supervised the island of Hokkaido; both of these areas were under the control of the 7th Infantry Division. The 7th, known as Tokyo-Kanagawa District, operated in close con junction with Headquarters, 441st, until September 1949 when the District was split into two areas. Later these two areas became the 7th and 8th Districts, respectively. Under each of the first five districts, there was one counterintelligence corps area, corresponding to each prefecture in the district. In Hokkaido, which was regarded by the Japanese as more a territory or colony than a prefecture, sixth District maintained offices in the principal cities. In March 1951 there were eight districts and 50 CIC areas or sub-areas. After considerable study, an overall reorganization of the 441st CIC detachment was completed, using TO&E 30-500, with change 3, dated 15 September 1948. This reorganization was finally approved by the Department of the Army, and became effective 1 March 1950 under authority published in General Order 16, Headquarters, and Service Group, GNQ, FFC, dated 24 February 1950.

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