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8/25 戰鬥報告# [/ I5 ?0 G1 q. z+ N6 G
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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7 R7 ~2 P4 Y: e! u5 cAllied aircraft
: R1 P/ y, X8 @6 ~) W2 c4 t no flights
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/ |8 l9 c: ~3 y& ^- P$ D4 WAllied aircraft losses& D8 ^* J8 u3 y {; n
Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged
( I/ J5 j; A, J6 y SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships
5 A" \2 Y1 d7 ]' u1 R+ b CA Kumano0 W: G/ O( o/ ?! B2 g( ~! e8 H
CA Suzuya) R& H6 S! f A9 e$ o
CA Haguro. M2 x& B/ `! c# z( F4 h) @4 Y# s& }
CA Maya. ]- D* Y, O+ ~; U9 T
CA Atago
2 l4 r2 y D! F* ]8 }4 q7 Y: ^ CA Takao
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: L$ |: j/ P/ e+ t, WAllied ground losses:
9 a+ _( H! A2 ^9 b- c4 P 21 casualties reported
4 n, p! t- U6 S$ f, x5 {# _6 V P% S4 B Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled0 b) Y( f; \: f
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled# ]* M, c( t* g, l" Z
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled% K2 N1 n: H6 Q; A, U4 s) I6 Y
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)6 k. a, |) y% S' L% ]/ h6 C7 B! q
6 T" o+ ]# D. {Airbase hits 3
( a5 `5 Z) }; \2 x. e$ C! {# ^; S1 X6 zAirbase supply hits 2
8 i1 |1 }% u5 U) ^) m5 T( ]Runway hits 10
7 ~7 a/ |* U- X5 N' }Port hits 15 G+ V) g1 h) D: R
Port supply hits 1
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Pre-Invasion action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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6 P2 Z/ w+ e, ~, I57 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.3 Q2 N+ Y t2 ~6 V& j
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CL Katori
$ n" \: h2 o' B- C PB Sozan Maru
2 }% `" {7 |4 j: R PB Shosei Maru$ Z; J1 |" e1 X6 O, L3 E
PB Nikkai Maru# O6 K9 Z. [3 w' D/ q
PB Magan Maru$ N- ?( L& R; [$ r, D" C. O
AMC Nosiro Maru+ s, z" ^: R; y% ?5 i
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25 casualties reported
# u2 g3 v6 w" {% W1 P7 f& f Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
8 z* f! Z% b3 u* K& s: p Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
1 a7 a/ i( V7 A2 S Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled l z; ~8 D7 @& B7 f5 q. s
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Amphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)
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TF 29 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133# M0 `' V. U' o( z: p
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Japanese ground losses:( x c$ ?4 s* n
274 casualties reported% N, Y: w( X1 n7 ?8 N+ F' B
Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled0 E! b, |* P/ |4 [
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
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Guns lost 17 (0 destroyed, 17 disabled)
0 D' F% O$ d% Z: G+ i- s Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)% h% x/ {' y/ o" T8 O/ n8 J! C
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' P& R# Y- u6 U3 F; AInvasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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CL Katori
9 A3 R& i# T/ q2 ?: x5 ?6 Q AMC Nosiro Maru
5 X. R1 c2 s: v1 _2 n; e3 C4 { AMC Akagi Maru
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APD-35
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: [! E j! r. C9 f8 J APD-2
$ v: H7 ~- h" [, V6 |2 p APD-1
! `8 \3 G9 ?2 r- x! | PB Sozan Maru
& n1 f! L* [- P/ A, a* N: q5 ? PB Shosei Maru6 g' w, q( c( a2 u
PB Nikkai Maru% U3 C. U: B0 p) h5 ~9 j
PB Magan Maru0 X9 V6 I5 L/ _' b8 \9 t+ J/ s
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Japanese ground losses:
4 k v1 O- _$ D) Q# s* k( J+ A8 i* W 10 casualties reported
2 N* Z% U m Q4 V# o5 C$ s& Y8 s Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ k; {$ f( S* z
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 95,168
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DD Phelps
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% |9 y& q" ]; x3 o6 VSS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Phelps
& c" ]5 h2 G3 R+ g$ J JDD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...9 ]& }4 _$ t2 J, [% \2 `5 G! S
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Invasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)- ]2 I% Z0 ?) {. f& |( }
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60 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.% t% B/ B% I, g& a/ I
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Japanese Ships
3 n& S# F& \7 J1 ]% L' Q# g PB Sozan Maru
& X6 F8 }8 p( Y/ G+ A6 S e PB Shosei Maru) N& v2 @, q/ b6 A* y' V
PB Nikkai Maru* \- `, t" h3 q
PB Magan Maru, ~) K5 v& j8 z; `) v
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AMC Nosiro Maru" V$ r4 O" O* ]& e% e
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Japanese ground losses:
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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5 `6 Z0 d/ B5 j$ V; B1 kGround combat at Milne Bay (101,133)
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. y+ u$ ?& ]* N/ H& cAllied Bombardment attack
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- T3 ~& E1 a* D L- YAttacking force 2938 troops, 28 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1405 i% m3 i! R0 h% L
$ b# u4 f) C! T( J- kDefending force 2621 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 60" F- h2 o' ~' M" U q
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5 casualties reported$ s+ z6 q5 y8 ~: A6 \% k9 u
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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8 H. R% H% Q; j 5 casualties reported
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Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Assaulting units:
5 D6 t/ f* h; h 7th Australian Brigade
# M( \5 W0 j" I9 Z 101st RAAF Base Force
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Defending units:. @7 V) y- s, D# d- S3 C; i
Kure 5th SNLF
& v4 `% X/ c7 z1 p; v* e 4th Naval Guard Unit- u; w8 [# y5 @. A; b& Q& ?- Q
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