6 March 1943

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Rob Roberson -> 6 March 1943 (8/28/2002 1:24:29 PM)
Two days of bitter fighting in and around Gasmata has left my Marines pressing ever closer to the Japanese airfield. The Japanese are well fortified at the base here and fighting bravely, but my heavy bombers have exacted a heavy toll on their fortifications and more often then not my Marines are facing shattered units who fling theirselves at us piecemeal only to be cut down. The Japanese have proven to me at both Lae and now here that they are the masters of the night. More times then not they infiltrate our lines in the cover our darkness only to be driven back by the light of day. They are well dug in here, but I believe that we can force our way to the airfield within a day or two. I have ordered the 1st Marine regiment to board transports at Moresby where they have been resting. Should the 6th and 7th begin to falter I will order them into Gasmata. My covering fighters fought off 3 Nells over the invasion force this morning. It was the first air attack we had seen over Gasmata since the army claimed to of downed 18 Bettys. I hope it is a sign that the Japanese airpower over New Guinea has been broken, though that is a cautionary hope. Everytime I think I have the enemy defeated he reaches out a stings me yet again. USS Essex and her escorts are due at Noumea tomorrow. I hope to present Cincpac (who I still believe is aboard) with a victory at Gasmata when he arrives. Admiral Robert Roberson commanding 6 March 1943

Rob Roberson -> 7 March 1943 (8/30/2002 2:15:10 PM)
Admiral Nimitz and the USS Essex arrived late this evening. His staff immediately met with mine and praised the overall conduct of our campaign here in the South Pacific. CINCPAC joined us about an hour later, (after distributing boxes of medals to sailors and marines just returning from the various combat missions in this area) and echoed his staff's praise. Admiral Nimitz did take us to task for the piecemeal use of our Battleships. Overall Cincpac seem pleased with our reduction of the Japanese air power despite the lack of fleet carriers under our command. When I pursued the lack of transports in theatre and how it was hamstringing our ground operations, I was told there was a major build up of transports at Pearl, but they would be used in the forthcoming Central Pacific campaign and I would have to make do with what we had. Nimitz told us we had broken the Japanese backs here on our shoestring budget of men and equipment. Because we had proven we could do so much with so little, we would have to make due with scraps as the focus of the war shifted to the Central Pacific. He also approved of our operation at Gasmata and the isolation of troops in New Guinea. He said he and his staff had reached a similiar strategy for operations in the Central Pacific..."islanding hoping" he called it. The meeting adjourned at 3 am. We are scheduled to meet with Cincpac in the morning and then he is planning to ride USS Idaho back to Pearl. Fighting continues in Gasmata as my Marines edge ever closer to the Japanese airfield there. Another day, maybe two and I think the place will fall. After that I will concentrate efforts on Bougainville. At one point I had argued for an invasion of Shortlands, I now think I will bypass it in favor of landing at Buin and or Buka. Again cutting off major concentrations of Japanese. Admiral Robert Roberson commanding 7 March 1943

Rob Roberson -> Intermission (11/22/2002 10:39:11 AM)
Sorry about the long delay without explanation. As many know I work for a college football team. For some unexplainable reason, we started winning :). Needless to say this unbelievable occurance caused my workload to increase, because the more coaches win, the more they want to. :). Unfortunetly there are only so many hours in a day and needless to say, UV is 5th in my life behind, the wife, the kid, food and things we do with the wife :). We are now preparing for our final opponant, and after that game I will once again be able to dazzle you all with my inepitude against the AI. See you guys soon. Rob

Raverdave -> (11/22/2002 11:36:03 AM)
Hey great to see that you are still drawing breath;) Look forward to seeing you back around here real soon! Best of luck for the footy !

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