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- Date is exactly "1944-01-02"
First LoveScenario#: J131 Date: 1/2/1944 Location: Cape Gloucester, New BritianCompany L of the 7th Marine Regiment was the left anchor of the Marines’ swing to the southeast to flank the Japanese defenders of Hill 600 and Borgen Bay. “Love” Company was the first to stumble upon a small stream that was unmarked on the maps… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Jungle InfiltrationScenario#: J132 Date: 1/2/1944 Location: Cape Gloucester, New BritianAfter hitting severe Japanese resistance along the stream that became known as Suicide Creek, the 7th Marine Regiment’s slog through the dense jungle of Cape Gloucester came to a halt as the Marines tired and failed to take the stream “on the fly”.… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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One Miserable NightScenario#: J133 Date: 1/2/1944 Location: Cape Gloucester, New BritianThroughout the course of the day, Marine pioneers and Navy Seabees had been building a corduroy road through the horrifically think jungle in an effort to bring up tanks, as well as bulldozers. The arrival of the Marine Shermans would have to wait… Advanced Squad Leader — ASL Journal #9 |
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Suicide CreekScenario#: P12 Date: January 2, 1944 Location: Cape Gloucester, New BritianMoving out from Cape Glouchester, the Marines came upon a small creek that wasn’t on any map. It had no name. The Japanese soldiers were waiting for the Americans. Bunkers and entrenchments hid dangerously in the heavy jungle. After the … Old School Tactical — Volume 3 Pacific |