AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Sep 29, 420 J N# @: {7 T* k
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卡拉奇的抵抗超出大本营的预期,看来只有堵住了 。。。5 h+ y; R7 {0 ^( s+ j
R% ?. \9 M+ B, r+ |) xGround combat at Karachi (40,8): w/ d4 E0 F" s" h& t7 g
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Japanese Deliberate attack$ w, g4 L" V( R! c, _0 R% R7 f- k Q
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Attacking force 314750 troops, 3414 guns, 1339 vehicles, Assault Value = 11421
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Defending force 189570 troops, 3585 guns, 3844 vehicles, Assault Value = 4480
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Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 8
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Japanese adjusted assault: 4675 ; t4 Q0 K5 C" r
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Allied adjusted defense: 11377
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Japanese assault odds: 1 to 2 (fort level 8) : C+ x) y$ Z0 y' {' ^
" R! G) |0 \8 l/ l! S9 g+ kCombat modifiers
7 P3 l4 B6 ~0 I; f/ Z6 yDefender: terrain(+), forts(+), disruption(-), experience(-)
: p& F) t' J) r7 u8 iAttacker:
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" {6 X- x( N- B3 PJapanese ground losses:
( F- w; k) K! D e 48307 casualties reported
3 K; p4 C( s8 [% ^ Squads: 478 destroyed, 3458 disabled
" P! x0 d0 b H Non Combat: 174 destroyed, 540 disabled/ p b+ J) u. c
Engineers: 59 destroyed, 521 disabled/ a/ }1 S4 W# E6 A( D
Guns lost 500 (41 destroyed, 459 disabled)+ m/ R" J f! T/ q1 C; N O: B
Vehicles lost 46 (7 destroyed, 39 disabled)
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Allied ground losses:$ c8 @. ?( |) g! G
5126 casualties reported
, K5 J- J* _" L+ q Squads: 45 destroyed, 378 disabled) B( X9 b6 v1 o
Non Combat: 55 destroyed, 269 disabled
8 e6 K5 l: L T, A0 ]& D Engineers: 29 destroyed, 287 disabled
7 y3 U, x% W! X" Q7 T Guns lost 380 (20 destroyed, 360 disabled)
! ^( I1 K0 u) G8 o# X+ l3 _2 r Vehicles lost 121 (10 destroyed, 111 disabled)1 D f1 o1 b9 `# ~1 d
Units destroyed 6
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- G7 j6 i) \' n7 LAssaulting units:
$ X# O7 o( V0 Y1 a" T/ L; Y 65th Brigade/ p' F# V; r+ w
55th Infantry Regiment3 e& m7 e5 l) P& w8 f
56th Infantry Regiment
3 d( g$ k5 d& B! q 56th Engineer Regiment( m7 _7 ?+ y1 j# T" p
Imperial Guards/A Division
- s6 k) P( f6 l! ^, E 9th Infantry Regiment
! Y+ K b, R2 ]# D. @, O2 _ 21st/A Division$ F1 ]2 ], T4 k1 Y, p) g! @7 y
Yokosuka 4th SNLF/ q; ~3 T. c; L8 C; L9 n
62nd Infantry Group . P- p% A& q0 T9 H3 ~
61st Infantry Group / F8 a3 l" D9 I: e
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
5 R% S# Y% F: A 41st Infantry Regiment
" j* Q' i$ M' [) k$ ? 39th/B Division
6 D' s; l3 K T. ]8 m 6th Guards/C Division2 \1 h0 |! i8 O s/ p" S5 J2 N% u
24th Infantry Regiment3 g* e- @8 |* a; e
55th Infantry Brigade
3 M+ `0 I C- W# c4 Q. m. Q 48th Engineer Regiment- E, f" X6 T% R$ m
21st/B Division
1 l. R$ |& x+ }( U, a Imperial Guards/C Division. }/ q! Q9 i5 Z5 Q' q" ]- e' p* h- @
11th Infantry Regiment( k+ @9 V. y) b# \( v
Maizuru 3rd SNLF
- F+ R. L" R; e9 b+ } 21st Infantry Regiment
% d8 F* G+ K3 S) }7 o n8 R9 i 16th Engineer Regiment
& g2 Z5 h3 y7 C 86th Naval Guard Unit
& x, U1 j1 I4 g$ A Guards Tank Division
6 R2 F; p; X) {( h% d5 K 12th Engineer Regiment
* F" m% s+ W& ^" y# I2 D) l 20th Infantry Regiment) j7 Z( `# \( a( X" Q+ A: _
146th Infantry Regiment. w* @* {/ P9 R! J' n$ n
33rd Division2 `, L3 H+ b: O- S% T, m5 E
38th Division
, ` x; K! S3 |& F2 c Tanaka Detachment
: |- H6 K/ F0 o* U2 K% b; ^ 16th Infantry Regiment
! ~) {+ I1 V2 ~* `2 P- y6 ~3 H 113th Infantry Regiment
: x y0 h1 [" Z( L/ g$ `: W 4th Guards Division( p! r' ^- Q4 ]8 j/ N, Q
47th Infantry Regiment' I# g- W- s) c7 x) A8 x. b4 v
33rd Infantry Regiment
! U* h* v/ I0 x, t% O% D Kure 5th SNLF- }4 `) j9 L' c7 j) S
64th Naval Guard Unit% m* ], s) I9 r3 b, A$ K( z
Kure 2nd SNLF
- A3 C5 G! s: b5 D3 p1 K 14th Guards Regiment. D( s1 B& U3 Q+ Z7 _) @' d9 c
17th Indpt Guards Regiment
8 _/ C) C2 ?) g2 X3 }* w- J# g 16th Guards Regiment
+ k0 v1 T# @! E1 |& f ` 17th Infantry Regiment
: {, F/ z7 k9 J% c0 p D* r1 ^, H 54th Division
; h3 A2 |/ \$ Y3 G5 N2 \3 s0 z 12th Ind.Mixed Brigade
% n# r7 t6 h4 b 39th/C Division
: M5 e& ~3 o) H% b Imperial Guards/B Division
! J5 Q% p, i2 S* U, }4 Z Yokosuka 5th SNLF
4 j) V/ f* e6 o 32nd Nav Gsn Unit 3 U \ s# d( L5 }4 b
6th Guards/A Division
+ }8 K1 e# K$ K" u5 y 39th/A Division
7 x/ p; t0 C+ F; |! L: M Sasebo 3rd SNLF
4 [( p5 y9 }( j) n" ^% b 5th Amphibious Brigade/ f& ?/ Y0 ]$ h) q9 C
Sasebo 5th SNLF0 e6 D/ x" x: w: |( I+ c# r7 G1 R; S
2nd Engineer Regiment/ P* a) [6 k; W
148th Infantry Regiment) a) S- g& F0 _, ^
Yokosuka Assault SNLF. ]+ m& L4 {, j$ k: d" p" ?
112th Infantry Regiment
2 t$ L' ~, s- t) ~2 M2 p 7th Ind.Tank Brigade
F, q$ Z3 q- A; |1 b4 G1 v 6th Guards/B Division& z9 @! g7 m" z/ J& o# h3 r
5th Guards Engineer Regiment
5 d" R; |, R; @ D# ?' y 5th Engineer Regiment
; v, M% A1 [' u+ s 31st Infantry Regiment
6 v& F# a, |" N' J% p c4 ~ 15th Guards Regiment# N; a5 k* Z. e; W
55th Engineer Regiment$ q! k. _8 \) ]4 _# Z
1st Formosa Inf. Regiment0 \0 I( l: V6 J! ~8 x
Sasebo 8th SNLF
4 N: B& ~8 |, p1 |3 |* Z' L 4th/B Division( j4 N& r/ C# K4 ~. ]: D- c4 T
52nd Division/ B7 c G. i6 [0 \6 N/ b
4th/C Division# h! ^4 ?3 _, i9 e* P
53rd Division
6 L; f( T" u8 V. a8 m6 } 4th/A Division
- \8 ^8 W/ V, z* i' W) D 21st Ind.Mixed Brigade
- T9 p5 b( l1 A 42nd Infantry Regiment
6 J& _5 a& b' E3 C 67th Infantry Group
" \ c' f& ~6 e4 C: {/ @ 21st/C Division
, I8 O1 Q+ f6 q! U 14th Army
. g% _' i3 N/ Q6 R0 k; j" b) _ 5th Mortar Battalion4 x: ~; a" ~2 b
11th RF Gun Battalion3 g% L0 m# V) U$ w# i
2nd Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion9 r, A9 z/ B% }+ _$ F0 b8 a6 n% _2 j
12th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion/ r" t* [+ g0 [3 ^0 C$ u
10th Ind. Mountain Gun Regiment$ N& V# \% y6 W: j* v
1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment
9 ?* n. s- G2 w% V& s 25th Army7 R7 T: Y9 _: x% R7 Z
55th Mountain Gun Regiment+ l+ S+ t9 v) K/ V. U
16th Army4 B R9 `- ]* [* `3 P: c
9th Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
4 i& Y% L3 p* s0 \8 R b9 p 20th Ind. Mtn Gun Battalion1 W% K _* Z$ |- C; W* i% t% D
15th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
1 e! G) h2 k Z7 f) V# O, Z 10th RF Gun Battalion1 G% A, G. \3 ]5 L5 o
1st RF Gun Battalion
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2nd Field Artillery Regiment
e( T* `. H* v! d( t: f 23rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment
2 f8 I: T9 k" n7 Q8 D& v 14th Ind.Art.Mortar Battalion
2 k$ q2 W! y# L* P( f1 M& V. ]' ] 1st Medium Field Artillery Regiment9 ~, H# u# [( }$ c6 `0 I
2nd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
8 b& W+ d1 s6 {0 f- b 8th Medium Field Artillery Regiment! M6 l/ P9 y/ E' Q Q& B
9th RF Gun Battalion
+ ~6 r/ ^9 k1 d& d4 R 5th Field Artillery Regiment3 f5 I, |* H, v( O' j
8th RF Gun Battalion, Y- O8 @- R1 p: t* a4 Z" O* K
3rd Mortar Battalion6 I- O$ X8 e# ]7 d7 j
21st Medium Field Artillery Battalion) i* E* {( x F) h2 L) t' E
18th Mountain Gun Regiment
. C! [& }! u* J8 A# f w 15th Army5 `- x( e: o" E! S: p
2nd Mortar Battalion7 g1 {6 \! S) |9 M) V3 V
3rd Ind.Hvy.Art. Battalion
0 L0 ]; X, {- d7 d8 S, a0 v 3rd Medium Field Artillery Regiment7 D6 R0 F* n5 i: S6 E
48th Field Artillery Regiment4 x# P- u# G: D8 ]7 Q
56th Field Artillery Regiment6 ~* u4 W# p0 ]$ O
21st Army8 i$ z" H5 N! `, x
% A( d- R* \ j6 h% W3 }9 p7 fDefending units:
$ e5 }' `' I7 W2 a$ T 2nd Assam Rifles Battalion- c$ M, N2 k+ ]/ m7 t0 D2 D( h+ ~
I Aus Corps Engineer Battalion! r3 M. x! |+ C4 {" P
641st Towed Tank Destroyer Battalion
! x$ {/ ] z7 O 46th Indian Brigade
! {' b9 ^0 r* V2 S1 R! L2 T# s 3rd/102nd Infantry Battalion# `% a! {0 A* l& B$ ]1 C" [
19th Indian Division, ?6 {1 L) @' F& N
2/1 AIF Pioneer Battalion
7 k, W. h, v* e! \3 o7 m. Q; o 267th Armoured Brigade" q& Q/ ~1 k1 L0 K! J) i+ U. s+ X
2/17 Dogra Battalion
N. `5 o5 p R8 @9 {+ X 63rd Indian Brigade6 D F5 |" i, R+ _3 r- h
Kowloon Brigade, |# b4 Q# B4 V, j; o* Z: {0 h
2nd Royal Tank Regiment
& H& X" P0 g4 f& A- ~ 1st/102nd Infantry Battalion( v# \, _" Z& n" F& q h5 L }
5/2nd Punjab Battalion' W2 a8 A7 C4 U [( _
75th Indian Brigade
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$ k( w \ h- ]3 `% w3 }7 \ 36th Indian Brigade3 c$ }, P# F8 D& J+ @: z% {' L
3rd Cavalry Regiment) _+ s7 I- U% j5 m2 M* A) g% w: B( D7 R" x
132nd Infantry Regiment9 j1 n3 F$ C5 ]
7th Hussars Regiment% y+ V. r0 ?# T; g% y5 q- t1 t
16th Indian Brigade7 S* W1 o2 C/ i& \5 _) y
8th Indian Brigade
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Karachi Fortress5 v! I8 a4 Z% y% B6 c3 v- e
48th Gurkha Brigade% C2 _! n8 ]9 U9 Y$ a6 G0 q
73rd Motorised Brigade
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Madras Police Battalion; y9 E0 R/ n# g8 ~$ ]5 I# k. i
16th British Brigade g1 ?9 r4 c+ t9 d" K& J+ i2 d( x+ i8 k
1st Assam Rifles Battalion7 E( j7 A% x& c- T6 m, j
75th IAC Regiment' ^( N5 m2 y2 }/ ~# f$ L; s
70th British Division
6 ~: P, F5 y- u5 H* d3 `7 Y) e 99th Indian Brigade
% a! w) L* P W5 ? 20th Indian Division& f# g: k% d0 f* U9 d! x
45th Recce Regiment
! @7 a& R$ K9 A- g% [ 2nd Marine Raider Battalion
5 d- t0 q# O( f* a: i 23rd British Brigade
* V' o. Z [# \7 X+ l! n: ` 6/16th Punjab Battalion" ~( h2 a7 R) Q2 p% P
14th British Brigade
9 F' o7 c+ s0 b' g% e# C& c0 L 4th Assam Rifles Battalion+ F6 h" m5 R; g' y
50th Tank Brigade& h" J8 q2 ~1 O" G( g" E [
7th Aus Div Cav Regiment
w( R& `3 s- M, P 255th Armoured Brigade3 a: W7 ^ v2 `. D" ^; N
164th Infantry Regiment
6 w9 ?" j! V6 P 3/16th Punjab Battalion% y+ x# E5 |2 t9 _3 t
2/15 Punjab Battalion. K% a& t. i( K2 o$ Y6 Y
2nd Hyder Lancers Regiment8 `* I4 U( h+ A$ x6 @1 }
26th Indian Brigade
% K; n) e- _& A- K; @" I. j, r! y 7/12 Frontier Force Battalion9 r; S4 [& n. `* Z( p
100th Indian Brigade
, ~4 n' O7 ^" o5 O6 X3 c6 [ 88th Indian Brigade
; R2 V( v$ g M5 Q n. m/ y 28th Gurkha Brigade
( h, P" [4 n8 K. l. ^$ ^* S7 W' i 6th Indian Brigade
$ p- {' c6 y, A5 l7 q5 Q# p2 ~) O 22nd (East African) Brigade
$ P" ?( a( Z- y0 b. }3 i+ M 754th Tank Battalion
, w2 C/ _ E) P* T4 K RM Viper Force ) H/ f- F5 S$ \" ^: [7 R" z
5/14th Punjab Battalion
* q7 o# Q7 m; z, f6 Z( x% M8 Y 44th Indian Brigade
0 B) j7 l1 h- P* s* y- n. V 45th Indian Brigade
) X' H+ G9 y% ? 15th Indian Brigade5 u K! H8 V9 G3 X
6/15th Punjab Battalion
1 \: ~7 v. [; g% w* |* m9 O 23rd Indian Division
" J, S0 N/ O" w9 R, [& J5 l 22nd Indian Brigade, m. I$ _8 ]" {* N
23rd Indian Brigade* a/ p; E+ Q5 E; ~6 X3 h1 t$ d
Waziristan Division, t! d& j8 h3 Z: L, m6 }
1/1 Det. South Ind " |1 i% M( w0 ]- Y) F" `1 a
208th Coast AA Regiment
, u6 ~2 `6 h0 `. I/ {# v, U2 p Port Blair RN Det 4 D- v _/ Y3 {) x1 `
1/3 Ceylon Det . l2 d, L6 s9 k
94th Coast AA Regiment$ e b$ q# W1 B( T0 e! W; x
2nd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment: A6 _) ?+ d) @
Tenth USAAF ; p2 a* e& U" m1 A5 w! b! r! e
RAF 222 Group Base Force/ H8 w% C3 ? E i
Sikh Construction Battalion+ Y n3 E1 X7 I. ~8 [
95th Heavy AA Regiment
' A8 L& X* I" m% R: c4 i6 s 1st Bengal Construction Battalion, }& l4 o9 L( ?* t, h' D
1/3 Det. West Coast 6 G9 ]) F E3 a! O, Q; w4 U
1st Peshawar Base Force
5 i7 @) S" l+ X: L. L 1/2nd Det Hyderabad $ `$ k& H/ e( r
1st Marine Defense Battalion
! K# t% k. T( O v7 I 3rd NW Frontier Base Force; p$ K3 i9 ?# P1 ]) R& p0 m6 N+ Z$ x
22nd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
; p4 K: r4 p8 ~4 f% G RAF 225 Group Wing 0 r4 i/ [2 c+ P* B+ y
Bobcats USN Naval Construction Battalion: s8 {8 ]. |* U
1st Indian Light AA Regiment* g4 |/ ^! Y% v
70th Coast AA Regiment
3 p, d4 {& @9 t; l- |$ H 1st USMC Air Wing Base Force
% J- D y3 S6 @) K! J 1/2 Det. West Coast
5 Q: E: M. ~4 i* U AHQ India
# T$ ]7 l- O% I( I2 e0 k 102nd RN Base Force
* \ D0 V8 ?7 q1 @1 r5 W 2nd Hyderabad Base Force5 H( g' R8 M1 D0 T# U
20th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
; k; ^3 h: \2 b4 G% ] 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion
' N# W, Y7 P' c$ l9 S' D: C 2nd Central India Base Force$ @+ I) N2 Q8 B! \% X& h
24th Indian Engineer Battalion9 {7 s3 c& z ~
1/2 Det. South Ind % x- l/ ^! Y, L
Pathan Construction Battalion. l2 q$ I; e8 ?; [0 S
8th Medium Regiment) Q7 a- l& r- l1 V3 v9 M# ~! y
RAF 223 Group Base Force
0 R4 |$ R2 x8 @9 {$ L7 ^$ F8 m 116th RAF Base Force! G. g8 c4 Q2 ]6 ?5 Q8 o
1st Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
7 x) ~9 L6 m/ r: W% E. [ 1st Bombay Construction Battalion: ]& ^ K8 c4 A$ [) M
3rd Hyderabad Base Force* M5 Y9 m3 k5 F8 n3 R
RAF 221 Group Base Force: o2 U! s" x8 l1 J
1/3 Det. South Ind
% B+ g; d% D5 d4 J: x 3rd Indian Coastal Artillery Regiment
6 {" |4 ? {. T6 R1 S @ 9/8th Punjab Battalion
- D3 X- X, \ J7 h6 m' }6 R" ]) G& c 810th Engineer Aviation Battalion
9 D; t$ P+ k8 l3 { 4/3rd Det. NW Front + G* h/ }; s3 `! x0 F) D
2nd Peshawar Base Force* u3 t# u. |5 D% A Z; F
2nd NW Frontier Base Force1 ^0 a# m* I+ v( k# f, O: l( ^
2/13th Field Regiment, u3 y& \# X; @
26th Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
: S6 X4 N! C; h/ d- P 197th Coast AA Regiment/ G) w/ k5 C5 N0 D, e+ r7 L0 {) a
Socotra RN Det
- U: Y# c3 ^$ N) a+ O& M$ \ 6th Medium Regiment @% T J1 n6 A" Z
4/4th Det NW Front
. L3 N6 k, } k7 `: B4 i& o) E 1/2 Ceylon Det
" B) v+ j8 o q0 X: @. B! e# D 225 Group RAF
- m$ \+ l& C, V8 C9 z x3 T1 y 96th Coast AA Regiment
0 P& y7 j4 N7 j* W+ e- C 1/1 Det. West Coast
3 i8 m/ A+ M! [ RAF 223 Group Wing
( _6 }0 ?2 L3 d' K8 d6 e( a- _ 1/4 Central Detach. 2 r4 W* P* r9 ^5 H7 l* X) f
2/11th Field Regiment7 ?1 t' ^% g+ i7 x+ t2 M/ [3 A
77th Heavy AA Regiment, c$ C8 P7 J3 W$ K1 e) G
1/2 Central Detach. 0 Z5 ]* r1 O8 P9 Z7 s+ a+ o Y- P
1/3 Central Detach. - d9 X! w( C7 Z
181st Field Artillery Regiment2 g" _6 U M1 d* b6 J
1/1 Central Detach.
9 K3 [* N& y9 z' a/ I 168th Field Artillery Regiment
! g- U$ e. m1 z% ~& ? ~0 O7 E 1/1 Ceylon Det.
* S: d' l/ e3 G5 F/ M! u 1/198th Coast AA Battalion
3 o2 I$ \5 M7 s) A: S! t4 f 23rd Indian Engineer Battalion/ R r9 q+ Y" r T6 p% F
1st Indian Heavy AA Regiment
, G# n P, G& M 43rd Construction Regiment
% {& g# |5 u# W2 _- b) L% k 42nd Construction Regiment
, H/ f. G7 a2 j$ P0 v; U+ P1 A0 @ 2nd West Coast Base Force
" v0 N6 q" c/ a2 B- B1 M 12th Indian Engineer Battalion
2 L: a( V' @8 R3 L" z7 `# [. F) [, _ n 3rd Central India Base Force
7 S7 Y' ]3 X9 p% G5 Z4 l" p' [' p$ S 1st NW Frontier Base Force3 e. G* c# y, U& I* I9 K
4/1st Det. NW Front ' B, e; [$ Z% A6 Y, i7 B# a
1st Madras Construction Battalion5 ?/ W; [& @0 M8 N {' E5 u( a
RAF 221 Group Wing $ o8 s# Q) H# P4 j+ A- }; [$ r& Q
30th Coast AA Regiment
: Q: j+ I/ V5 N( d2 G* t, z India Command
6 \/ B6 k I" u5 y 1/5 Det. South Ind ' P: G/ X1 C0 H( I5 ~+ {
1/1st Det Hyderabad
( K% [2 }0 A( q 4/2nd Det. NW Front
6 L" o& R; g. K6 R 1/4 Det. South Ind
3 A: a0 ^- }! e: A" d 216th Coast AA Regiment: D4 Q! k/ n: A+ ~. n+ t
2/9th Field Regiment7 J# m6 N7 P _7 J' M
21st Indian Mountain Gun Regiment4 m3 Q) r0 m0 `9 C. y8 U. o8 l
RAF 224 Group Base Force
/ X2 H! F- ^3 S* q/ u% T$ V 23rd Indian Mountain Gun Regiment
! m; D5 f& Q- z1 [' I. o3 U 223rd Field Artillery Battalion, [. I6 v B3 b. F! k
21st Light AA Regiment
4 v* _# f' V' D( p- V5 N 428th Coast AA Battalion |