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8/25 戰鬥報告7 e L& A9 ?/ N: m% _
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5 h/ T( X9 ~2 @: t* P& {3 SAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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9 r7 {0 p- l4 ]$ l$ `7 {Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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Allied aircraft
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% X1 P4 x9 m6 Y7 |; B% jAllied aircraft losses: Y7 m2 I& l2 n& z* D# a
Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged
& N/ L0 s5 f" J SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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, g- Q! A' @6 r& W c CA Kumano4 t! I- C7 z1 y! i4 y A
CA Suzuya/ e7 M+ e+ d i7 v, W/ p
CA Haguro+ W, r; O* F) K( z* ~/ d
CA Maya
! Z" c- _; `6 J CA Atago# Q& N$ l# Y( T+ t/ ^2 M& c
CA Takao
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! V U+ i" K$ H. XAllied ground losses:
- a* [( w+ o% E8 ^# D ^ 21 casualties reported
' O- x1 E. x* K) `7 }% e; @ Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
9 O9 E+ u) [& F" p! Q; w7 @ Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
^! K B8 u6 T* M Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled( d4 ?" R) h6 H- k2 J4 I1 d
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)- X$ A4 h6 w# U$ W! A
- S' Y+ o6 Y# k! WAirbase hits 3
~! R2 d' p9 f0 Z) oAirbase supply hits 2& z! Z( \5 i N4 s( G9 r) ^% ]
Runway hits 10
. ?2 {7 o3 Z/ |% s- w/ ZPort hits 15
, U7 ]; D; m2 @* o: JPort supply hits 1# q2 T! ^. l" r+ l- e$ I4 c; v4 B! |
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. I7 u; e, W$ VPre-Invasion action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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57 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.4 C8 i7 Y' j9 o
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Japanese Ships6 |/ r" M* a( X# ?3 C/ ?7 V. ]; e
CL Katori1 Y- e, b# w( d+ ?+ V) d
PB Sozan Maru$ D+ o& _: ?8 Q3 y' v: D+ W& |
PB Shosei Maru
% H4 X$ a. Y6 e PB Nikkai Maru
$ m s. l2 o/ v6 b7 |. i PB Magan Maru" g& d. B- H5 u' F( x) R; q
AMC Nosiro Maru
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Japanese ground losses:' \) |: {8 [/ ]. G
25 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled% {5 h* D, w' O3 @) p
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled h4 a) X0 h" B: B/ [& Z
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2 f C/ q+ W" F1 o2 ]. T+ n! N+ @* RAmphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)9 q; q& u8 k M/ u# t- l) {
' _8 L1 p% w+ k y! TTF 29 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133, g V) a; M8 t; I% C
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Japanese ground losses:
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; ~8 k0 D9 a9 `: | Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled
. y: m$ g. `/ }) n$ i' g2 y' k Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
$ J* _# E$ X1 o Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled L0 |' \2 @% B; J
Guns lost 17 (0 destroyed, 17 disabled): `9 C0 c6 T6 \6 {" R) t
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)' P; E J+ b: d4 f6 \, ]- ]
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Invasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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7 {9 U2 v% q' i3 h6 J32 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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CL Katori
5 x4 j- ]; X! Z6 N6 t4 Y AMC Nosiro Maru
$ z4 _% H+ q- m; d1 u% T& I AMC Akagi Maru
# p1 ^8 h7 e' C, n; l" A APD-36
% m; }- ^) J' `0 J6 H APD-35
2 z' J+ M- G# e, A% \ APD-34; ~1 ?: i. g; |& o4 S$ ^# v
APD-2
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PB Sozan Maru
+ \; j( d5 N$ k2 w PB Shosei Maru
& s) u' `9 ^. X8 \5 Y9 @ PB Nikkai Maru
& @( A; c6 k6 N2 k, G2 H PB Magan Maru
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7 w" u! X7 n* t5 s6 uJapanese ground losses:
$ \: a1 k1 F) C4 G6 F) f1 N* Y 10 casualties reported
7 z) W+ Y3 J" ~. |4 z# f Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled* n! z8 H' p2 \# ~3 n
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled H S9 L' S% Q7 \9 b& n
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' U: ^6 Y1 V$ `# g# |7 h. Z$ m8 A
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& s5 Q$ Y |3 Q0 ~- ~Sub attack near Newcastle at 95,168
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Japanese Ships
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DD Phelps$ A! O" G7 M+ C2 N
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SS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Phelps e5 C9 W& m. \
DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search.../ R) b( c2 e9 }( F( Q; G) s1 g* E0 I8 V
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( b: x- O, N0 [$ i LInvasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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60 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Japanese Ships
r1 ?" f/ ` ?# P+ w) O, [# |& j PB Sozan Maru
7 G. c: b0 }3 e2 ^1 G PB Shosei Maru% G" J) u2 X, T* S2 @
PB Nikkai Maru7 y4 R* P) @( [7 I/ R
PB Magan Maru* i/ d. a. s- [2 C
CL Katori# `) m9 \% X* ?3 U3 s9 N
AMC Nosiro Maru
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. W) I6 T; S! {$ MJapanese ground losses:
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7 _ U( e e% _ Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ m& m4 h. M; I* }6 v
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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3 d8 g4 S, R2 q+ m' v0 E, nGround combat at Milne Bay (101,133)
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Attacking force 2938 troops, 28 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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. J2 m) l) A; y. q# LDefending force 2621 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 607 [# S1 ? j. h0 V7 I2 W3 b" \
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5 casualties reported
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Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled( i/ c" y) n# D5 ?% M3 L6 }
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Allied ground losses:, Y8 d: z* d; H, a, r) M
5 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
! H8 F+ a$ q; m$ t Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled& A* V6 |3 k2 n, i) I# h. c
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Assaulting units:
6 |& }( r5 E9 q+ \+ W+ z 7th Australian Brigade9 s1 @+ W- m. J* q# ~1 L3 P
101st RAAF Base Force
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Kure 5th SNLF; t* U( u& @3 _$ J
4th Naval Guard Unit
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