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The document summarizes infantry battles fought by a US Army battalion in New Georgia, Solomon Islands in 1943. Over 12 days, the battalion drove from behind Munda Airfield to the sea, fighting three separate jungle battles against Japanese forces. In one battle, mortar fire blew enemy soldiers into the air, with body parts landing in trees. Another battle lasted seven days as they fought up hillsides and through dense jungle against Japanese troops using captured American weapons and uniforms. They eventua
- Author
- john obrien
- Language
- EN