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- Location is exactly "Betio Island, Tarawa"
The HawkScenario#: BRT01 Date: 11/21/1943 Location: Betio Island, TarawaLt. Dean Hawkins and his Scout Sniper platoon had the distinction of being the first American force on Betio. Hawkins led a detachment of engineers and Scout Snipers along the pier on D-Day, taking out bunkers and buildings likely to be in the way of… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa |
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China GirlScenario#: BRT02 Date: 11/20/1943 Location: Betio Island, TarawaThe M4A2 Sherman was seen by Marine crews for the first time aboard the transport Ashland while en route from "Helen". Company C of the 2nd Tank Battalion was given the new monsters. The 1st Platoon under Lt. Edward Bale would take six Shermans to… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa |
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Ryan's OrphansScenario#: BRT03 Date: 11/22/1943 Location: Betio Island, TarawaD-Day for the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines called for K and I Companies to land in the initial assault wave, followed by L Company under Major Michael Ryan. K and I Companies were pinned down by enfilading fire from the re-entrant beach. Like everyone… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa |
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RikusentaiScenario#: BRT04 Date: 11/23/1943 Location: Betio Island, TarawaOne objective the Marines should have captured by D+2 was the junction between Red Beach One and Red Beach Two. But Commander Sugai, second in command on Betio and commander of the Sasebo 7th Rikusentai, had made the area - dubbed the "Pocket" by the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa |
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Hell Wouldn't Have ItScenario#: BRT05 Date: 11/22/1943 Location: Betio Island, TarawaBy 1930 hours on D+2, General "Howlin' Mad" Smith was on shore to personally take command of his Second Division. Plans were made for the 6th Marines to clear up the remaining one thousand or so Japanese rikusentai. Incredibly, by the third night an… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa |
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A Legend is BornScenario#: BRT06 Date: 11/20/1943 Location: Betio Island, TarawaIn the pre-dawn light, the first amphibious invasion of a fortified beach began. Marines of 2/2 were slated to hit Red Beach Two, while those of 3/2 were assigned Red Beach One. Colonel Shoup, commander of the Regimental Landing Team, had planned for… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa |
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Didn't Have to Be ThereScenario#: BRT07 Date: 11/22/1943 Location: Betio Island, TarawaMajor Jim Crowe had been tasked with continuing the attack along the northeast portion of Betio Island. Before the attack could really begin, however, a major obstacle had to be removed -- a large bombproof emplacement stood directly in front of the… Advanced Squad Leader — HASL 5 - Blood Reef: Tarawa |
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Red BeachScenario#: H02 Date: November 20, 1943 Location: Betio Island, TarawaThe Japanese had worked on fortifying Betio Island for almost a year before the Marines arrived. Rear Admiral Keiji Shibazaki boasted to his troops that it would take ”one million men one hundred years” to conquer Tarawa. As the Marines … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific |
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China GalScenario#: H03 Date: November 21, 1943 Location: Betio Island, TarawaOn the second day of the invasion, D+1, Major Michael Ryan gathered what Marines and Engineers he could and prepared to sweep Green Beach of its defenders. Boosted by the timely arrival of the Shermans 'Cecille' and ‘China Gal', the … Old School Tactical — Hell Bent Pacific |