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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 424 o6 R0 `5 ~+ I1 I2 x
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2 d- {8 `3 p; w7 f& QNight Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133& f" T4 L* W& i/ P$ ?6 L
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Allied aircraft, U2 l3 n, V9 F! I
no flights
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n; `7 M% J, V1 \9 | TAllied aircraft losses) `, j6 H! q/ p: F% s4 _& A
Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged
* ?9 j9 b" x' ^9 D1 u% f SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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/ E" I' e1 Q( [8 b# d; G: kJapanese Ships: \. d( E5 R. a/ {9 `
CA Kumano
5 U, M1 W) d$ u' H8 W" U CA Suzuya
% Q5 a6 }6 a9 r+ @, A/ V3 \+ ~ CA Haguro
Z$ Y+ G! f0 m7 M; N CA Maya/ R: i- p _" _; {' K) W5 q' B) W
CA Atago
f& i2 J+ h4 j/ Q CA Takao
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Allied ground losses:& D* P' W- n2 T( Y' t `$ s
21 casualties reported
5 h/ b$ d4 n* F( ]% N, A Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
4 U' o3 H; `+ ^0 k8 y* o! ` t* V/ K Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled5 s; `- H3 [5 O0 T$ o" f2 W
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled+ e* E6 c& p3 w# X7 ^$ S1 k* A1 m
Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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! [2 V+ _5 c; M8 |8 tAirbase hits 3
+ `7 X' r& i4 c$ V. hAirbase supply hits 2
6 X/ S1 w, M( _5 lRunway hits 10
7 I Q& p+ x; o/ ?$ v+ bPort hits 15
2 q$ q+ Y2 `5 i+ \Port supply hits 1
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Pre-Invasion action off Milne Bay (101,133)5 k7 v( _: ]" _
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57 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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8 V' t' |; ^9 _% n* \! R9 |, H3 KJapanese Ships
8 O* ?6 W* {9 V% _2 \ CL Katori4 Z. U- p' [5 b
PB Sozan Maru
. i$ Q3 l) O4 {' ]5 j PB Shosei Maru
& z1 l7 M1 U3 E" o8 A PB Nikkai Maru
3 T) L2 @$ |+ H9 @) ~( q: M P; e PB Magan Maru
# l3 I7 g. V! C( V AMC Nosiro Maru2 o& X5 i0 v9 N2 g; U
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Japanese ground losses:
2 B5 a3 Z# a; q2 t9 I1 u. C 25 casualties reported
: c! o: ]5 i& w F {* p Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
* {. P/ h% ?' \) A4 h' n Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled8 g( I. W: y1 t$ `' Y
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 R$ k; ~7 W$ _1 w% R
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Amphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)3 g6 c8 {0 X, k5 O. h8 l
7 F% D K$ e2 ?" v! N* GTF 29 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133
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9 h# t0 T# T( D0 p- [7 ^5 pJapanese ground losses:
: G' M t# u C 274 casualties reported
, V- |/ z& I n1 Y, k: N3 v Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled2 ?: |7 G8 z# r1 d# |* z7 B
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
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* J3 U- A5 y& m% t9 l Guns lost 17 (0 destroyed, 17 disabled)
- t5 |& u+ e j9 A Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)! |/ K7 ?8 ^& F
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0 r& [ x9 g! a( yInvasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)7 ]/ j( R, D5 e- H" _# v; U
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32 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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+ b& P6 L+ Q5 IJapanese Ships
# X/ T( n5 n- x* p CL Katori
. V+ n) n) U5 k& \3 Y: h AMC Nosiro Maru! W& ^, w: Y) w; P5 Y3 h: [
AMC Akagi Maru
! H/ x+ e; s6 i; z8 J$ o# S APD-36
/ @6 g$ Q% _; |0 ]) }" ?7 t APD-358 v0 [4 F1 R& R+ \$ `( |! X
APD-340 H2 Y1 Z2 k( P% x
APD-2
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PB Sozan Maru6 l4 i) Q% [5 z- y
PB Shosei Maru
) y3 H: ]! }3 m" t1 J% R PB Nikkai Maru
$ L( v7 c6 M& {* d: v PB Magan Maru2 i' N9 y) P$ _* O; a
* G2 a& \0 D8 uJapanese ground losses:
4 ? z7 x3 z- k% q: E. u 10 casualties reported
$ @( D7 u( Q% q& V Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled# K% M) k% `, q
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled- B) I" ~8 C$ {) f
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled8 w0 b) l V" w) E4 w
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 95,168
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# g- L$ j+ H7 k8 f2 G7 D0 w DD Phelps {" s5 M$ ?$ F
! G" \/ Y6 |/ ?+ S2 G- m9 s. bSS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Phelps
( p. O: x) E( YDD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...* n4 w1 l8 M0 J0 B1 x# o4 Z4 i
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+ E' _, V% l5 ~2 wInvasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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60 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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PB Sozan Maru: T/ ^* ]# f. B
PB Shosei Maru( ]0 I# X0 \7 ]' o
PB Nikkai Maru
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CL Katori
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: O- c2 \' U3 r6 L8 z2 C6 I 20 casualties reported
" ?% W) E4 t9 W% F% j+ C Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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; O& S* {* R$ F# j' d; L' {, | Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 M% z2 C, |3 C, k) f- a' z9 a
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( R5 Q& N7 B3 K7 A6 K/ s& gGround combat at Milne Bay (101,133)
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Allied Bombardment attack( i, C! ?( L' B6 T: @
) l- W4 W9 x% A: b8 aAttacking force 2938 troops, 28 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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5 j: N- K& f6 }Defending force 2621 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 600 X- O8 x6 b& T; c$ p: v
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5 casualties reported" P# ^- [, [3 x* c1 `
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled8 _+ y/ q/ g6 l0 Y5 U( ^
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
7 F: y* w+ D) W5 `) F3 M- X Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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5 casualties reported$ }. _ ^" M# R. q9 \! q
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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7th Australian Brigade: w/ `- c9 H! i. k& a+ L1 ?& {. r* x
101st RAAF Base Force5 q, S/ o) ?7 S. b. Z1 j9 ~4 s# r/ o
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Defending units:+ F1 s2 H$ z) A! i& }
Kure 5th SNLF0 L3 N T& C. R" l
4th Naval Guard Unit
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