Dutch Troops Clash With Japs in Dutch New Guinea
Dutch and Australian forces engag Japanese troops in the Elanden river sector of southern Dutch New Guinea marking the first land fighting there. The Japanese suffered 60 killed and four barges destroyed while Allied post held. Rabaul air offensive continued with 28 Japanese planes downed as Allied fighters and bombers strike Rabaul and surrounding areas. Tanks first appeared in Burma at Akyab as Indian troops pressed east of Waungdaw.
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Preon
Netherlands East Indies
Dutch New Guinea
MacArthur
Eilandan
Elanden
Port Moresby
Madang
British New Guinea
Ramu
Bogadjim
Rabaul
New Britain
Burma
Akyab
Waungdaw
Chin Hills
Maya Peninsula
Landing in Marshalls by Attu Vets in Fight Again
The Seventh Division forces land on Kwajalein Island in the Marshall Islands, hammering ashore with naval and air support. Maj. Gen. Charles H. Corlett leads troops aided by Admiral Richmond Turner and Brig. Gen. Archibald Viets, veteran planners from prior campaigns, as they seize the first island airfield and establish a beachhead for continued operations against Japanese positions.
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Marshalls
Attu
Howard Manbleman
N.S
INS
di Attu
Kwajalein
Kwajalein Island
Namur
Rol
Iwajalein
Charles H. Corlett
Aleutians
Admira Richmond K. Turner
Corlett
Kiska
Turner
Cayadalcanal
Gilberts
Archibald V
Callonsville
Conn
Atta
Texas Flier To Midland
Jacut Robert B. Allen of Campbellton returns to Midland bombardier school for a 4 week course in bombing science after completing 40 missions as a bombardier on the Marauder over North Africa Sardinia Sicily and Italy. He wears the Air Medal and eight Oak Leaf Clusters with 190 combat hours. His unit targeted Salerno positions where 92 percent of men and equipment were affected per reconnaissance photos.
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Mediterranean
North Africa
Sardinia
Sicily
Italy
Salerno
Alle
Allen
Ogden’s Wife Joins WAC Amid Quiet Service
Gen Ogden’s wife Pvt Pau line Ogden serving in the Women’s Army Corps at Bergstrom Field. The Brig. Gen. D A D Ogden is overseas with engineer amphibian forces. They have son 9 B Ogden, an air cadet, and David Ogden Jr awaiting a March West Point entrance exam.
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Austin
Pauline Ogden
WAC
Berg~strom Ftelg
D. A. D. Ogden
9. B. Ogden
David Ogden Jr
West Point
First Combat By 4th Division Marines At Kwajalein
Marines of Maj. Gen. Harry Schmidt's 4th Division stormed two smoke shrouded Kwajalein atoll beaches and seized Roi and Namur with heavy naval and artillery support. They established beachheads and moved artillery inland, marking the unit's first combat action in the Marshall Islands campaign.
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Kwajalein
Kwajalein Atoll
Rol
Namur
Marshall Islands
Parrison
Aval
Roi
Nanwi
Atoll
Central Pacific
Harry Schmidt
Fourth Marine Divison
Gilbert Islands Veterans Watch Tarawa Assault
Brig Gen James Uaderhill and Lt Col Evans Carlson planned the marshalls attack during the Tarawa atoll operation. They waited with Fourth Marine Regiment officers as the assault against Belley proceeded, recalling prior seaborne landings and wartime service.
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Gilbert Islands
Marshalls
James Uaderhill
Schmidt
Evans Carlson
Carlson
Belley
Tarawa Atoll
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