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The Fighting 69th on Butaritari Island Night Assault
Lt Col Hart's Shamrock Battalion of the 165th Infantry leads a brutal melee on Butaritari Island Makin Atoll as Japanese soldiers launch fierce night charges. The article details close combat, casualties, and the loss of Col James Gardiner Conroy while the Beach Red operation advances toward Ukiangong Village and Flink Point.
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Hart
69Th
165Th Infantry
New York
Gilbert Islands
Pfc
George Antolak
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Antolak
Butaritari
Makin Atoll
Makin Lagoon
Ukiangong
Flink Point
Red
165Th
James Gardiner Conroy
N. Y