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8/25 戰鬥報告
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42. P7 }* a4 `1 w( C4 O
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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Allied aircraft5 W6 \* _" ?8 Z% }' X7 f
no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
/ J" P' L& Z9 q* L/ E/ ` Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged
' I$ a3 R& U v" \. C SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships
, r5 O0 _2 ~5 G0 z CA Kumano
' f4 v3 c Z$ Q% e& ] CA Suzuya
% v. R2 t4 D) S* K V4 z! Q CA Haguro7 @7 r6 M5 C, y1 U3 y; _2 G, `
CA Maya
! A9 {- ?' z; @; P. V. P CA Atago
& M& c, Z; e% [$ [7 A8 Q, _0 E3 ] CA Takao i- `+ C8 Q# L+ j
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Allied ground losses:& e- [; z! z2 @; k6 D
21 casualties reported
3 s- P. l# d) z/ O F! B4 Q' i Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
4 j: y) h5 X1 E7 Q Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
- F- D9 \, a7 G Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
9 [9 S3 K% ^& U6 R+ `) L# x* ~6 X Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)* G. t. H& N/ g f- {
, ~# s, x Q. t/ w- n' cAirbase hits 3
/ [+ z, A$ Z. R5 EAirbase supply hits 24 A ^) B6 Z) N
Runway hits 104 l [0 Z4 z( L7 j2 g) _, q
Port hits 15
9 z0 y; j6 s9 W1 fPort supply hits 1
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5 Z/ B9 z- f, A7 h% CPre-Invasion action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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CL Katori
# g. `$ ?+ |5 V8 c& p PB Sozan Maru# p6 O- r/ v& V5 \6 }
PB Shosei Maru
: K0 M6 G* x5 m: Q PB Nikkai Maru' K. p, }8 E0 L F7 H
PB Magan Maru( Q+ Q4 L3 J% T' q/ Y, e
AMC Nosiro Maru
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, u' c* t8 C- @) O+ T; P3 zJapanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
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Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Amphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)
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/ b& v6 S5 F8 l2 \ B5 ]TF 29 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133
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Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled6 O |: z% E/ [! W' ~
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
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Guns lost 17 (0 destroyed, 17 disabled)
7 ]! b3 u- Y( |6 e Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)1 u% ?4 L; R, ]7 ]) ~
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, T! A }3 Q' N3 B" J6 `: OInvasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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32 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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CL Katori
3 c" E1 q) L& K- X6 ~; H$ o AMC Nosiro Maru% \2 W9 J5 M$ W/ i0 y
AMC Akagi Maru
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# i' e+ C1 K' r$ ]$ g0 [' \0 p APD-35
! n3 {1 L" s2 j/ ` APD-342 C( U9 U* h, S3 j. V! }
APD-2- |" }8 M- h5 B
APD-1
}2 I, Q) F: ~! V9 G PB Sozan Maru5 D5 x6 p: ^: G1 h
PB Shosei Maru2 F0 F, n" t: ~4 R
PB Nikkai Maru6 P c4 F% N7 P6 D8 t, U5 r+ j
PB Magan Maru3 K% P7 m+ Q5 R% Y
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Japanese ground losses: H( u. N* D! U
10 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 r4 b% Z" k% e1 V% `, Y- q, Y1 y Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled/ i& w0 W+ r, i+ U5 S( \. O( c
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/ O/ j8 F* ~% D0 g8 m4 m7 h7 bSub attack near Newcastle at 95,168' U9 o1 e( z! p2 U4 y. D, ^% o
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Japanese Ships
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Allied Ships
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$ n% _+ W# x4 e& ]/ TSS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Phelps
f# d/ n* I4 V8 yDD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...& t% }/ D9 \+ K
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Invasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)2 u8 C: Y- C2 R( l5 i
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Japanese Ships# c) B! t9 i l, m) x6 ?( s
PB Sozan Maru
! f3 g; u" P( J! b! d* z PB Shosei Maru" J3 u( ]1 m# i: E. k
PB Nikkai Maru
: A3 r- j2 R( }3 V4 L PB Magan Maru
7 j/ L3 m. z. t0 R# Z" T! O CL Katori
# _/ I7 s2 y. l1 j) j AMC Nosiro Maru
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4 q9 R: p5 e- v+ q$ ~5 MJapanese ground losses:
7 v2 ^0 v/ C8 p3 r! s: k 20 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
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; _" t4 e5 Q* X& V9 \; fGround combat at Milne Bay (101,133)
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# S0 @7 [# y- {Allied Bombardment attack
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& s6 z+ W; M+ i' M1 p& d+ J' zAttacking force 2938 troops, 28 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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Defending force 2621 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
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Japanese ground losses:6 K1 T5 H2 Z9 C+ ?# p
5 casualties reported9 d3 i& T6 Q8 ?4 X9 `' Q4 l
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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5 casualties reported6 ~9 S2 l$ q: q
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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* X5 p$ `. {9 R8 \Assaulting units:
: L! h" c+ t0 B* O; | 7th Australian Brigade2 {" z& `! h- R5 Y; g
101st RAAF Base Force
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5 F, m" Q1 S, D( V [Defending units:
5 {3 R0 n, m% O- d( R Kure 5th SNLF
7 ?! ^, b) f5 T- M9 q5 @4 ~" h 4th Naval Guard Unit
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