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First American troops hit Kwajalein soil on D Day
Capt. Paul B. Gritta and 84 men of the Recon Cavalry landed on Gehk Island by mistake and fought through four days to clear Gehk Ninni and Bigej. They killed 106 Japanese, took three prisoners, with two Americans killed and 22 wounded. The unit then struck Ninni with no resistance and raised the first American flag in the Marshalls.
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Marshalls
Kwajalein Atoll
Paul B
Red) Gritta
Galveston
Tex
Gehk Island
Gehk
Ninni Island
Gritta
Gea
Ninni
Bigej
Kwajalein
Daniel Rygwalski
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles Sader
Sumner
Wash
Arnold Allen
Portland
Oreg
Floyd Anderson
Detroit Lakes
Outfit
James Martin
Reading
Capt
Cavalry
Sgt
Martin
Chester Chagnon
Burlington
Hagnon
Gea Island
Emmett L. Tiner
Breckenridge
Tiner
Claude Hornbacher
Sebewaing
Mich