Roi Landings

The assault on Roi-Namur started with the USS Tennessee shelling the blockhouse on eastern side of the islands, near the sand spit connecting Roi to Namur. Tanks of the 1st Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion landed first on Roi near Wendy …

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The assault on Roi-Namur started with the USS Tennessee shelling the blockhouse on eastern side of the islands, near the sand spit connecting Roi to Namur. Tanks of the 1st Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion landed first on Roi near Wendy Point, concentrating their fire on the blockhouse. Marine infantry soon followed. Enemy Resistance was light, but dense smoke and uncontrolled advances caused some confusion with companies of Marines rushing past Japanese positions and then having to fight their way back to their assigned sectors. Once reorganized, the Marines launched a second assault and quickly secured the airport and northern two-thirds of Roi Island.

Roi-Namur, Marshall Islands

The Battle of Kwajalein was fought as part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It took place from 31 January – 3 February 1944, on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Employing the hard-learned lessons of the Battle of Tarawa, the United States launched a successful twin assault on the main islands of Kwajalein in the south and Roi-Namur in the north. The Japanese defenders put up stiff Resistance, although outnumbered and under-prepared. The determined defense of Roi-Namur left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500.

Wikipedia: Battle of Kwajalein

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