We are pleased to release this long-awaited Volume II on the history of the 11th Airborne Division in World War II by acclaimed author, historian and lecturer Jeremy C. Holm, author of WHEN ANGELS FALL: THE 511TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY IN WORLD WAR II. Utilizing personal interviews with veterans who fought with the 11th Airborne Division in World War II, Jeremy has weaved a powerful narrative that follows the mighty airborne unit. "The Angels", as they continue their fight against Imperial Japan in the Pacific Theater. This book will cover the 11th Airborne's fight to liberate the island of Luzon in great detail, including covering the Angels' famous raid on the Los Baños Internment Camp where they rescued over 2,100 men, women and children from certain death from behind enemy lines. Volume II will next cover the 11th Airborne's historic activities surrounding the surrender of Japan including how the Angels were the first Allied unit to land on Japan before they formed General Douglas MacArthur's Honor Guard, protected Allied dignitaries for the Surrender Ceremony and even delivered the Instruments of Surrender to President Truman himself. After the surrender, the 11th Airborne Division remained in Japan as "Angels of Democracy" to help their former enemies rebuild and their efforts and examples have been recognized as a guiding influence that helped Japan become the powerful country that we know today. This series is the result of over a decade of research and interviews with the last living World War II Angels, and Jeremy C. Holm is proud to tell to share the powerful story of the 11th Airborne Division, "The Pacific Theater's Band of Brothers", some of the most elite soldiers in America's military during the war. As his friend SSGT James Wilson of Company B, 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 11th Airborne Division, told Jeremy of the 11th Airborne: "We were the best there ever was."