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8/25 戰鬥報告
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AFTER ACTION REPORTS FOR Aug 25, 42
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Night Naval bombardment of Milne Bay at 101,133' d- z' _& [! G( \1 U/ B$ X4 A
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no flights
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Allied aircraft losses
# v J( i; Q; _! m+ h9 X Kittyhawk IA: 4 damaged6 I3 L! E5 w( }/ e9 B/ m
SBD-3 Dauntless: 3 damaged5 `9 R" K! L+ x3 y
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Japanese Ships
- V3 |8 W; ?* @ CA Kumano5 \) x7 V! J2 J7 F7 I: O
CA Suzuya8 M" p6 h- }, ~
CA Haguro
* |3 ? G) c# o CA Maya
; b* z- H. w. x1 ~ CA Atago
# ^+ x+ P- q3 E, ~' g H CA Takao
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Allied ground losses:
7 W) p' H# w) W: c 21 casualties reported
' @( v, ]3 C: e1 H* s9 E Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
% n- ~8 e0 X: v* i Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled. b# I0 C! G" l' H" T' ^
Engineers: 1 destroyed, 3 disabled
$ z6 d7 u9 _" E Vehicles lost 2 (1 destroyed, 1 disabled)% U0 L' T4 T8 Y' H
! K5 Y' h* N4 |: H' X5 u" r; c2 bAirbase hits 36 L& j. w! B9 e* P
Airbase supply hits 21 h# w0 P% b6 I8 { p9 h/ M7 Z& D
Runway hits 10
$ n8 C, C' u: z) z) @ E @Port hits 15
8 D! k2 Q/ ^' qPort supply hits 1
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( F% H# ?* y: g+ _ X1 kPre-Invasion action off Milne Bay (101,133)7 \2 H2 u9 ~( A' ^/ O2 }& w
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57 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.
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Japanese Ships
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" X. }8 m! U9 T2 R PB Sozan Maru7 k$ O# u- Z7 G: ^- I+ z. R2 C
PB Shosei Maru
3 y$ b+ _4 e& X: o. a1 Z4 { PB Nikkai Maru
, V: v! k* ]/ ]7 M4 B5 Q8 f PB Magan Maru8 Y0 }5 n% N, \- Z+ K9 J+ H; A6 m
AMC Nosiro Maru
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Japanese ground losses:- L) U( s+ f( m$ U% Y& ] M1 F
25 casualties reported0 l7 m# q+ n* M+ [+ H; e
Squads: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
2 M( _3 g/ ~" p5 R6 M Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 3 disabled
, t7 |6 k N) o! K Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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Amphibious Assault at Milne Bay (101,133)+ G, N& H) y& q F1 a5 B. Z" c
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TF 29 troops unloading over beach at Milne Bay, 101,133
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274 casualties reported
: Z7 `5 O/ O- j) w5 [5 H Squads: 0 destroyed, 36 disabled# v& ^4 S' k/ V5 _! q: ]: A
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 46 disabled
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Guns lost 17 (0 destroyed, 17 disabled)( }. O* B' S2 h: |$ }
Vehicles lost 2 (0 destroyed, 2 disabled)
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Invasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133) j6 ?. {5 Y; U9 P2 l
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0 A/ R! e% r' w1 O" s* xJapanese Ships
* P8 T8 r, Q/ t; _ CL Katori
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AMC Akagi Maru" y, E/ y" Q0 L4 n
APD-36
, _2 I6 S- {' F x7 Y APD-353 ^( X2 n/ e8 z; m" ?3 q
APD-34
% o% g/ F0 o" j. y4 E APD-2
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PB Sozan Maru
& |/ R1 b+ J2 R% P PB Shosei Maru
4 ] k3 C( c$ R PB Nikkai Maru
6 U* L) g7 f, s- I& R& e" U0 A PB Magan Maru
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Japanese ground losses:( q" S9 {5 y6 P
10 casualties reported' X. x# d8 a( A8 N% R
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
6 {" C; c/ L& t3 }. ^; h5 r Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled
+ b) E l v e4 G7 W4 y Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled% i4 v# t4 S3 h! Z
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4 |2 ]% [1 j/ KSub attack near Newcastle at 95,168; B: g: M+ C% _; ^6 l% V( _
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Japanese Ships- x9 E' P: x+ F4 a2 L
SS I-16, hits 1
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Allied Ships
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SS I-16 launches 6 torpedoes at DD Phelps$ n! c, X* [% D6 |6 a( N
DD Phelps fails to find sub, continues to search...1 _; R+ O& x4 Q% H# r. j
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5 K- `- n' T! M/ r+ GInvasion Support action off Milne Bay (101,133)
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60 Coastal gun shots fired in defense., k- W, l" q9 ?( V3 D8 e5 {
; ]0 ~! D% `$ C! KJapanese Ships
: J( }. i: `: P/ x$ @ PB Sozan Maru: i$ ^% L. }. w
PB Shosei Maru+ @8 N, u) q- Z* P/ ]1 z9 _
PB Nikkai Maru7 X8 ]9 u. K: D5 e
PB Magan Maru
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! p! q7 g( ?9 l AMC Nosiro Maru
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6 }7 U* w7 G( Y5 v* ]. \ RJapanese ground losses:
3 ~1 n: X5 D% r/ |5 F/ f a) e 20 casualties reported
4 d/ K; E/ u+ _# P Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
. _# \9 o C( ~! Z Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled. @$ \ n+ v4 w0 g0 |+ |8 S5 O
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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' i- C1 V; o4 yGround combat at Milne Bay (101,133)9 i! B8 b& S+ ^9 a% {
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Attacking force 2938 troops, 28 guns, 1 vehicles, Assault Value = 140
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* n5 ]5 q3 [9 l) u* g5 ADefending force 2621 troops, 31 guns, 2 vehicles, Assault Value = 60. k& x8 ^2 {# h+ X' D: h r9 u
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5 casualties reported( n) A8 j9 S0 u4 g+ p' _! ^; X5 d
Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled0 X7 n Q0 g V3 U
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled7 S7 Y, j. x. ]( J# p# d' j
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
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2 D: V: Y% m# @, x/ q2 \9 B1 }Allied ground losses:/ ]! @; S5 o5 Z8 o3 ^' h3 ~: Q0 C
5 casualties reported
5 r7 ~8 f2 ]0 |" K& w Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
( i3 {; [+ Y g E m0 R Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled+ {. X/ S9 W( M
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled6 r0 d. u) n. e& w" k( T+ V3 s H
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Assaulting units:
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; h1 Q Y3 u9 J1 x# }& I 101st RAAF Base Force0 U' k8 h7 V9 c8 }5 v
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Defending units:; a' \ |/ k( A7 y: x, T& ^( A
Kure 5th SNLF5 h& O% O+ ^; B% }. ^& ?$ Q
4th Naval Guard Unit
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