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5 p8 G1 a+ A: J0 p m( F; R/ K8/25 戰鬥報告* R2 E3 A/ ^! T0 M6 K9 b1 u% h
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1 u: ?+ B* c( j+ D3 `AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42: a$ P8 l; v6 C0 J2 ^8 A( C
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133
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no flights! p$ v/ S1 f" e$ n. B7 w* ] `
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Allied aircraft losses
- Y i6 `! [9 F+ ~/ L3 x Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged
7 u( P* _% E# j6 m4 K SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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Japanese Ships/ m) w) J+ i( S% R3 u
CA Kumano
4 V' l. C& D/ {# m& l CA Suzuya
$ Q3 R8 _* ~, _- O: A; _3 C( m CA Haguro1 ~9 V3 ?" i- m1 `5 S5 y
CA Maya1 F1 F; b! ]: e; @' o5 E' H
CA Atago
9 j' w0 k, T2 B0 c& K! S) [( e CA Takao
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Allied ground losses:- @9 Y) L. c h) z. c y, `
21 casualties reported" s- o% v+ D6 _& F g8 V* Z
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled2 e7 p- s% k) f: B2 J6 N/ Y `9 D9 N
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled9 R1 D* K: ]9 |8 a& Y( Y' k
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
) s8 F- w$ |( W Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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% s' ~& v9 u2 _( ] U' { o! bAirbase hits 3
4 x. @( k4 k" V2 pAirbase supply hits 2
: I2 u/ n, H# S* |( S: FRunway hits 10
0 T: X, s2 r: i7 C2 fPort hits 153 }: Y5 Q! Y+ Q& w+ p& \
Port supply hits 1' d/ k y; c& h9 |2 N
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- d6 c7 h6 S! M7 t' s" _( Q: c' WPre-Invasion action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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2 g& X+ e! n5 f. D* x0 Y57 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.5 M! V& K2 s) G0 H8 O
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Japanese Ships
% G- Z7 D- X( { ~4 ? CL Katori7 |# J; x) N$ {5 x0 n( _
PB Sozan Maru9 [" g/ X0 ~+ H' V* K' z6 t# B
PB Shosei Maru
4 H; O+ K' W/ u' {1 o1 f PB Nikkai Maru
+ I, [+ g- `" z% m% G2 d PB Magan Maru i% K. b, p6 e! O
AMC Nosiro Maru/ S1 u9 v6 U& G) k+ s$ W
$ a# t6 h0 V; a2 R/ \Japanese ground losses:
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
6 t) X! J/ s l4 T8 D* k Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
5 D. Q- F' t4 _! m: U Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled1 \$ U. \/ ^4 K
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Amphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)
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TF 29 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133: G7 x- P& E* E, E V6 ?
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274 casualties reported
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- S0 T6 z) V6 [ Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
! w; }: ?4 l6 r: ]/ H Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled9 z R( c: j- b% ]8 V# J2 H* l2 ]* X
Guns lost 17 (0 destroyed, 17 disabled)
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Invasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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Japanese Ships9 \( u. y" l- @- I& j! | `
CL Katori
O$ b# E8 `* n1 e AMC Nosiro Maru
* F3 t, e' J9 {6 Q/ x6 d# ` AMC Akagi Maru
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APD-35) h/ ^5 B4 Q; J3 t. d/ ^/ q# w$ h( e6 t
APD-34: _ \) Y7 V+ Y) C
APD-22 v1 _0 h1 a8 w) e! Y$ L/ N1 g
APD-1- `1 G$ _& A0 q* }( L$ l7 \
PB Sozan Maru
' N7 T" K$ g* y* e2 T r2 h0 X* B PB Shosei Maru. Y: T2 v( O* C2 Q
PB Nikkai Maru0 ]6 I5 Z8 _4 P/ P
PB Magan Maru, V- G- f* j- H
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Japanese ground losses:- ~! X0 \" U" k6 {$ c& B/ v8 I
10 casualties reported6 m! g! o* t9 N4 }& J" ^0 E& j
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled$ i# u, f; t7 V0 H8 E
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled( u; A; I4 t5 @# M
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled) Q5 `; M8 l- A& K2 @2 x+ X% B. h
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6 _3 N* b2 J2 q- n0 oSub attack near Newcastle at 95,168
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7 G5 `$ X! p- L9 x$ ^: I; jJapanese Ships
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9 C- i! v/ o, `( f, h1 E) e0 d DD Phelps4 `! |9 Q* ?: }0 T
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SS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Phelps
# z5 g$ I: M4 \0 c8 NDD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...
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* E9 ^3 I) R3 ~+ r" bInvasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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60 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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& }6 Z' G Y3 @1 T8 M. CJapanese Ships+ ~/ ]) g4 `* a1 I2 x' `5 R! ?& _
PB Sozan Maru
8 S1 A( O4 W+ j& g- k) S PB Shosei Maru) [0 @2 K6 Q7 W4 o, v2 p9 R
PB Nikkai Maru* O+ w+ f: }3 Z+ B( j! X8 x
PB Magan Maru- y, n) S6 }# @$ j$ l" y, B
CL Katori
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Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
0 p: C: \+ P) A3 B Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
( l4 J- Q* I% [! U& B Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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% }7 [ J- e$ z' C' rGround combat at Milne Bay (101,133)
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6 Z& Q0 m" F5 y, U0 GAllied Bombardment attack* T' Y) L# I3 i1 R; N& k1 Q: s" o, X
9 q9 Z5 O- u1 P1 ?+ u( }Attacking force 2938 troops, 28 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 140. Z4 }4 F% s; j
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Defending force 2621 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
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Japanese ground losses:$ R* a3 ]+ v) o/ p6 W! y
5 casualties reported4 [6 E# ]" T6 c7 b( Y* d0 @
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled! W/ p( u+ {; T" }8 F1 Q$ j
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled! K6 Q& q. }" q0 K& H0 V
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled' I/ O. T+ N" T/ }+ C" |' g4 b' y0 W
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5 casualties reported6 J, j0 ~4 J) r! O( b+ Z1 V
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled- g" U. x# i* K4 i8 t2 D I
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7th Australian Brigade6 q: @ x& u9 d
101st RAAF Base Force
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Kure 5th SNLF- B" D( G; }7 i( q
4th Naval Guard Unit
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