Allied Forces. Allied Geographical Section, Southwest Pacific Area, Terrain Handbooks Numbers 38-42, Philippine Series

Abstract

Contents include: Terrain Handbook 38, Lingayen (Philippine Series), 27 October 1944; Terrain Handbook 39, Tarlac-Dagupan (Central Luzon) (Philippine Series), 2 November 1944; Terrain Handbook 40, Cabanatuan (Central Luzon) (Philippine Series), 3 November 1944; Terrain Handbook 41, Manila (Philippine Series), 21 November 1944; Terrain Handbook 42, Bataan-Zambales (Central Luzon) (Philippine Series), 24 November 1944. These reports include: Military importance; Offshore conditions and islands; Ports, anchorages, and harbors; Descriptions of coasts and beaches; Physiography; Vegetation; Rivers, lakes and swamps; Airfields and landing grounds; Roads and trails; Transport; Signal communication; Towns and barrios; Resources, repair facilities, etc.; Population; Administration; Medical problems; Climate and meteorological conditions; Sources of information- publications and persons with local knowledge interviews; Japanese equivalents of place names; black and white photographs; maps.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1944
Accession Number
ADA544889

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Handbooks
  • Landforms
  • Landing Fields
  • Offshore
  • Photographic Materials
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Physical Geography
  • Terminal Flight Facilities
  • Terrain
  • Transport Ships
  • Vegetation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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