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/ \/ s" ^/ W, \% v9 q0 E0 aAFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 428 V7 W! D, k# W# _% G& w* g A& [ @, W
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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no flights( a: l( N" Q: U' E% f! H
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Allied aircraft losses
# p" @2 R$ t+ ^$ y Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged# D9 y2 a$ |3 r3 D
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged4 ]( M1 F" A4 g6 P8 o: V
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Japanese Ships
: N/ k9 f, s8 W+ I+ M CA Kumano7 S( g% T2 q: F( q; Y: Y
CA Suzuya
8 I% W- x; X( y' X% ^4 h6 _ CA Haguro
; e, Q( n- D! c0 Q CA Maya9 C) c7 H2 g1 ]- V
CA Atago
2 s; X x8 b+ K0 S0 ] CA Takao
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" o5 ~+ v1 H& C& h' l2 OAllied ground losses:+ d5 x9 M$ a3 d Q
21 casualties reported
; L" }6 W1 C! h9 b, c6 T Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
$ q1 z/ U0 u- k- [8 A% k9 ~ Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled! X! B+ j, y. ]! ]$ V
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
! f, J9 B5 f! k! I( }' o Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)' F, w6 J* e8 R5 [
, O6 s8 B8 U# t% _$ X/ pAirbase hits 3
' }+ b6 F: }) H: n p* Y l- GAirbase supply hits 2
! H& D3 i# C& h; _Runway hits 10
- H0 h) Y% C4 k- i# s2 ~0 L! vPort hits 15# Y: _' E+ d7 h: |+ y6 X
Port supply hits 1! B, V/ @7 H4 A/ t- V* X
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Pre-Invasion action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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57 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.3 F8 F/ p4 h- \0 C# ? b N n
8 J2 n6 j8 y- O K" B, ZJapanese Ships
6 s% ?: @$ O% D7 H& S1 C CL Katori
0 z5 R' z. a7 }/ e s, i PB Sozan Maru |, L- a# C& ?) X! s5 P
PB Shosei Maru
+ c8 m5 M/ m6 d6 d0 ~! f5 c PB Nikkai Maru3 H5 p& W% W" J* T" H
PB Magan Maru
7 Z p1 _! f9 C# ?9 z( C+ J AMC Nosiro Maru
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. K) ], D$ h @9 c U4 m1 N! yJapanese ground losses:" x8 r. z+ ]* t
25 casualties reported5 n9 c. Z' J( D+ l6 g& P
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
5 W+ ?1 R) h, }# E q. O Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled. t5 ~7 i- [, ~4 U$ c
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled3 ^+ E9 S D+ d/ m; c
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6 K2 p7 ~9 [3 Z% vAmphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)% c* t* [5 C& P- z4 m
' _7 q- z, M/ V) G0 Z4 v3 N0 DTF 29 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133- u) n. C( h/ ]- i- n
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Japanese ground losses:
( |: o# d: t4 n$ J, ]( w4 }$ W 274 casualties reported
; M& x9 q+ U {9 Q; o/ N& s Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled
# v6 {& u. ?. D0 N# w Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
8 C7 Q( s: g4 f) o Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled; @9 z( |5 f$ t% U* a9 K" n
Guns lost 17 (0 destroyed, 17 disabled)
6 |3 C0 L. F0 B" @4 _# h/ h Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)4 y+ U2 k6 a1 }- I
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Invasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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CL Katori3 _0 X v$ m2 c$ |6 B
AMC Nosiro Maru9 E2 n5 B- }$ }6 v& m+ ~& M" I4 N
AMC Akagi Maru' B* ]" F7 ]; d
APD-36
( u8 c7 I+ E; h APD-35
3 O) G, r. [! P6 Z9 r APD-34
2 ^5 r& f7 J+ H1 W6 f APD-2
' U* t0 z! _7 q/ T! {! T) Y8 U APD-1
5 V. n& V% [) X) j; P& f/ ^ PB Sozan Maru9 l/ E6 x: s( k/ d
PB Shosei Maru7 S( K: y6 z0 a% Q0 @
PB Nikkai Maru
/ X% ]5 S3 x( v" B& F0 r PB Magan Maru
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Japanese ground losses:! i8 H5 A: [. u! Y( F+ j+ e
10 casualties reported
; G: k8 n/ i ^* |4 H Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled, j% ?0 A2 T9 v J) |
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
7 s$ }& [4 H" x+ \* r1 U/ s% x, L Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Sub attack near Newcastle at 95,168
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SS I-16, hits 1 _* O, u- f. e0 H3 R* ~* e
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DD Phelps
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SS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Phelps
" u5 p1 h8 R; `$ P# v- cDD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Invasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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7 [+ z8 y+ c) b& w) R) oJapanese Ships
8 U% b3 W( l: ^( g: L. E4 N PB Sozan Maru9 a. e7 Q8 v+ z- A/ a
PB Shosei Maru& K, }# S) d; a2 M; ]) l
PB Nikkai Maru
+ ]) b7 u7 O8 z u t2 j PB Magan Maru
" k u: c! l9 p- B" P/ u CL Katori7 Z) ?$ t7 t$ ^$ w& H
AMC Nosiro Maru, n9 p7 W7 m2 B1 E
0 ~8 j) h6 i0 O$ qJapanese ground losses:
5 t z8 ~) G9 u2 s. W* w- f' P$ r 20 casualties reported
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled% \! N) j8 t5 m. u. E! p2 F
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 j7 Q1 w$ i; f: g
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Ground combat at Milne Bay (101,133)7 ?& w/ G" h$ M: Y0 u
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9 t. u, N1 U% VAttacking force 2938 troops, 28 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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8 o ~; V/ |. o _, ~* E7 T3 sDefending force 2621 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
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5 casualties reported% Z5 b; c. Y& _3 Q! B
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled. M! G' {9 a6 D/ E# z3 A
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
2 w9 B0 r. \( ~. p, y Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Assaulting units:7 k- i+ F0 {& s) }# N2 s2 a2 x
7th Australian Brigade
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Kure 5th SNLF
5 {7 i& \9 e0 ~! ]$ C4 X: G. t7 e4 L 4th Naval Guard Unit% Y* X2 S' `5 w0 h% `
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