Cap Mandrake
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Joined: 11/15/2002 From: Southern California Status: offline
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VERY LARGE forces assembled at Nadi. 6 US Army regiments, 5 USMC regiments, 6 artillery bn., 3 armored (tank and TD) plus unattached infantry and Marine Def. Bn.: Ground combat at Nadi (131,160) Allied Bombardment attack Attacking force 30350 troops, 958 guns, 630 vehicles, Assault Value = 1465 Defending force 22341 troops, 418 guns, 421 vehicles, Assault Value = 779 Japanese ground losses: 48 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled Engineers: 1 destroyed, 1 disabled Allied ground losses: 16 casualties reported Squads: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 5 disabled Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled Guns lost 1 (1 destroyed, 0 disabled) Vehicles lost 8 (2 destroyed, 6 disabled) Assaulting units: 632nd Tank Destroyer Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment 145th Infantry Regiment 182nd Infantry Regiment 9th Marine Regiment 6th Marine Regiment 161st Infantry Regiment 8th Marine Regiment 2nd USMC Engineer Regiment 147th(Sep) Infantry Regiment 1st Marine Raider Battalion 30th NZ Battalion 1st Marine Regiment 132nd Infantry Regiment 34th Infantry Regiment 276th Coastal Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Tank Battalion 2nd Marine Raider Battalion 2nd/102nd Infantry Battalion 2nd Marine Defense Battalion 1st USMC Air Wing Base Force 4th Field Artillery Battalion Nandi Base Force 97th Field Artillery Battalion 134th Field Artillery Battalion 2nd USMC Field Artillery Battalion 811th Engineer Aviation Battalion 205th Coast AA Regiment 70th Coast AA Regiment 148th Field Artillery Battalion 1st USMC Field Artillery Battalion I US Amphib Corps /1 Defending units: 8th Engineer Regiment 4th Tank Regiment 19th Ind. Engineer Regiment 4th Brigade 14th Division Guards Tank Division 56th Field Artillery Regiment 8th Mountain Gun Regiment 24th JNAF AF Unit 2nd Air Division 1st Hvy.Artillery Regiment 36th JNAF AF Unit
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