Cape Gloucester: The Green Inferno

by Bernard C. Nalty

7 chapters1h 55mEnglish2015

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On the early morning of 26 December 1943, Marines poised off the coast of Japanese-held New Britain could barely make out the mile-high bulk of Mount Talawe against a sky growing light with the approach of dawn. Flame billowed from the guns of American and Australian cruisers and destroyers, shattering the early morning calm. The men of the 1st Marine Division…steeled themselves as they waited for daylight and the signal to assault the Yellow Beaches near Cape Gloucester in the northwestern part of the island. - Summary by Bernard C. Nalty

Chapters (7)

1Chapter 1 - Cape Gloucester: The Green Inferno; MacArthur's Marines; Sidebars

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2Chapter 2 - The Japanese in Western New Britain; Establishing the Beachhead; Sidebars

1170

3Chapter 3 - The Capture of the Cape Gloucester Airfields

534

4Chapter 4 - Clearing the Shores of Borgen Bay; Sidebars

955

5Chapter 5 - The Mopping-up Begins in the West

1284

6Chapter 6 - The Landings at Volupai

863

7Chapter 7 - Final Combat and Relief; Sidebar

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Cape Gloucester: The Green Inferno

About this book

Chapters (7)

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