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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133 R! G0 Y5 M, @7 I
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Allied aircraft
5 d/ g; x4 P1 o7 ] no flights
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+ e: b' U! q& N0 b0 }Allied aircraft losses
) D* L, ]1 c, U* ]3 ^ Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged
, B2 G. v3 N! W. S4 c& ` SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged
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5 [3 u3 @3 y) T. kJapanese Ships2 F' a1 X3 [) v+ a
CA Kumano& H6 ]: G& p7 ~; i
CA Suzuya
/ m6 z5 P% a& x6 _6 Z' [1 i CA Haguro
, I' l2 t& @2 ~2 Q; W CA Maya
( t3 { S2 N1 O' Z8 y: o CA Atago0 N$ `& n9 z j5 J/ O; `3 o1 ^
CA Takao- E# q. J A+ x
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Allied ground losses:9 X% _! q4 y7 ~7 r6 n# T$ T
21 casualties reported
% `8 h& J' G3 Z j Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
5 v! Q; ]/ ?$ W# z x" r, I) j/ p Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled$ X" _, ?" I" h6 F2 q
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
3 I/ f; B4 D6 Y& B5 N Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)
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Airbase hits 3- m! d9 a; S0 G. L
Airbase supply hits 2. t& z4 \& c! G% i2 t2 \$ W4 w
Runway hits 108 F3 v/ a1 u0 t0 S' W6 S
Port hits 156 Z7 Z X) m6 E7 Q) f
Port supply hits 10 c( B9 w' M- `8 i
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' ~0 O6 y% l- ~4 L' H& }5 tPre-Invasion action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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57 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.5 m, U2 I6 |1 k+ T
7 [* A' n) _8 G% T2 b& OJapanese Ships
& @2 A% ^* Y. S5 W CL Katori4 g0 a0 o# A: T, ^+ A) m
PB Sozan Maru
: R% Z" K2 C% f6 t/ \3 D PB Shosei Maru# q1 }7 w1 v: [% h5 [7 C
PB Nikkai Maru
3 ?& d; t9 A9 z( N# R PB Magan Maru
. r0 M7 q* E6 Y$ S AMC Nosiro Maru. b6 B, Y. s6 A
* a0 j0 N: N: y2 `. m9 ^Japanese ground losses:6 q- C7 z' I) B9 v! P5 I7 p
25 casualties reported9 \6 S. ^) m. Y
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled! D1 n. O8 \! M/ N! ]
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled( S7 n$ o+ B/ A B# C% T
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Amphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)
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TF 29 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,1338 s7 w0 Q8 i0 w1 V; U
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Japanese ground losses:
4 B# z3 k6 H( s9 E 274 casualties reported% c) z/ w. V9 a3 @3 j- ?5 g1 j
Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled g9 ^- B! S6 P- T" Q5 ^3 n" x" a
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled0 C0 c: M/ n, q9 ^+ ^- j
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled" v) h. Q; w! p c3 [3 Z% j
Guns lost 17 (0 destroyed, 17 disabled)
6 O8 Z1 {. D+ _ v) A Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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: w/ l1 h! Z, d/ O7 V$ q4 mInvasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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Japanese Ships$ s4 q4 l7 E* n' {# D: d
CL Katori
1 E9 D' ?" g7 {/ b AMC Nosiro Maru
% C' Q# n" D" O) ~: X0 k3 b AMC Akagi Maru
: k+ w* S( p6 G& n9 i Z1 N" P APD-36! x$ s$ P- \. h0 `0 e
APD-356 {8 _; T8 p# b% }* \: _
APD-34
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PB Sozan Maru7 p, q g) j! Q# @- G
PB Shosei Maru
& |' s" M! w6 y+ K7 W1 c0 T PB Nikkai Maru
, ?, B& X# b8 Q$ }+ q PB Magan Maru
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Japanese ground losses:; C4 `$ H) I3 P! M( {4 A f1 ^7 Q4 K
10 casualties reported0 N3 s4 j" y% s! U4 V
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled5 u, Z' P- o( c/ x
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled5 u) g. e, i6 E( w; f9 `
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled0 p; [7 `3 d* r) v
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; G2 ^. L' |& p4 i. TSub attack near Newcastle at 95,168
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Japanese Ships
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0 R5 n* h, s/ O" v; C DD Phelps
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SS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Phelps
1 X( I/ I/ f5 BDD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...
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Invasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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PB Sozan Maru
" a+ D8 e2 G/ [/ V% ?3 u& y1 ~ PB Shosei Maru% l" Y% m1 |3 [! H0 ?0 i2 E
PB Nikkai Maru
- i$ G4 _: \) }: o4 ] PB Magan Maru" `* O5 x; E1 A7 w
CL Katori4 f Z8 b5 a, Y5 y9 K
AMC Nosiro Maru
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Japanese ground losses:
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Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled3 N! M( S1 v; b$ L
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Ground combat at Milne Bay (101,133)
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& p- z$ i/ i! r& zAllied Bombardment attack9 j. O/ T. t( n6 Q5 Z
! ~1 C' _/ e8 ^ w3 J9 c4 S* }Attacking force 2938 troops, 28 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 1403 Y9 O% Y( \3 s7 i, p
* [. `: L, `. i( s. ]! P' eDefending force 2621 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 60
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5 casualties reported
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' R, _7 J9 g+ S5 p5 P" m Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled j- C8 m- b" N h. G+ Y, c
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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5 casualties reported) i" |" o/ `/ r B( S
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
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Assaulting units:
$ j) b$ d! p( t8 A, n) I* R8 ^ 7th Australian Brigade j) X2 {7 ?6 V* c& h" D
101st RAAF Base Force6 o: o9 x# F4 |9 s' a3 w+ ^' {# K
9 Y) i/ K; g2 z. IDefending units:% S$ ]+ v9 \4 _: y5 w
Kure 5th SNLF
! b8 [5 B% [: k; c1 j5 F 4th Naval Guard Unit& O7 q3 {3 o9 ?0 s, n
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