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245 14 a| The campaign on New Britain /c| Frank O. Hough, USMCR [and] John A. Crown, USMCR.;

264 1 a| [Washington, D.C.] :b| Historical Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps,c| 1952.;

300 a| viii, 220 pages :b| illustrations, portraits, maps (some folded, some color) ;c| 27 cm.;

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490 1 a| Marine Corps monographs ;v| 10;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-190).;

505 0 a| Background. Geographical notes ; Historical summary ; Japanese offensive operations ; Target : Rabaul ; The Japanese on New Britain -- Concept and high level planning. The southwest Pacific area ; Strategic considerations ; Tactical planning -- Final preparations. Training and reequipment ; Intelligence planning ; Naval and air participation ; Logistics ; Loading out -- The enemy. Strength and organization ; Terrain and dispositions ; Morale and physical condition -- Cape Gloucester D-day. Thunder at dawn ; The "damp flat" ; The gunners had their problems ; Never a dull moment ; The monsoon ; The misconceptions of Matsuda ; Summing up -- Seizure of the airdrome. Advance of the 1st marines ; Supply and perimeter problems ; Enter the 5th Marines ; The first gets there first ; Behind the airdrome ; Green beach ; "Happy New Year" -- Drive to the southeast. The ADC command group ; Colonel Katayama guesses wrong ; Suicide creek ; Aogiri ridge ; The final objective -- Flight and pursuit. The vanishing enemy ; Operations in the high ground ; Eastern area patrols ; The Katabasis of Jiro Sato ; The Itni patrol ; Rooke island -- Flashback : action at Arawe. Concept of mission ; Arawe Z-day ; The first twelve days ; Enter Tobuse and Komori ; Komori makes a noble resolve ; Disillusionment of a "hero" -- Talasea. Eastward to Talasea ; D-day at beach red ; Bitokara, Talasea and Waru ; The Navy at Willaumez ; The fifth mops up -- Long trail a'winding. Sato, Komori & company ; Contact at Kandoka ; Further patrolling by 1st Marines ; Journey's end -- Conclusion. The Marines depart ; Summing up ; Epilogue.;

500 a| Document for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, laminated cover, $3.75.;

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520 a| The truth is that nothing was easy on New Britain. Jungle, swamp and mountain combined with atrocious weather to multiply problems of time and space. Then, too, the Japanese held an inestimable advantage in their familiarity with the terrain -- an advantage which they exploited with no little skill. It took maneuver on our part to cope with this phalanx of difficulties, and before the fighting ended it had sprawled over more territory than any other Marine campaign of the war. There is no such thing as a "light" casualty list, and more than 300 Marines paid with their lives in New Britain's fetid jungle. But viewed in the light of numbers engaged, ground gained, and enemy losses, it was not a costly victory. On the contrary, the fighting that ranged from Cape Gloucester to Talasea ranks as one of the most economical operations in the entire Pacific. - Foreword.;

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The campaign on New Britain / Frank O. Hough, USMCR [and] John A. Crown, USMCR.

Author/creator	Hough, Frank O. author.
Other author	Crown, John A.
Other author	United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division. Historical Branch, issuing body.
Format	Book
Publication	[Washington, D.C.] : Historical Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1952.
Description	viii, 220 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps (some folded, some color) ; 27 cm.
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns. --Papua New Guinea. --New Britain Island. Government publications--United States.

Series	Marine Corps monographs ; 10 Marine Corps monographs ; 10. ^A1348267
Contents	Background. Geographical notes ; Historical summary ; Japanese offensive operations ; Target : Rabaul ; The Japanese on New Britain -- Concept and high level planning. The southwest Pacific area ; Strategic considerations ; Tactical planning -- Final preparations. Training and reequipment ; Intelligence planning ; Naval and air participation ; Logistics ; Loading out -- The enemy. Strength and organization ; Terrain and dispositions ; Morale and physical condition -- Cape Gloucester D-day. Thunder at dawn ; The "damp flat" ; The gunners had their problems ; Never a dull moment ; The monsoon ; The misconceptions of Matsuda ; Summing up -- Seizure of the airdrome. Advance of the 1st marines ; Supply and perimeter problems ; Enter the 5th Marines ; The first gets there first ; Behind the airdrome ; Green beach ; "Happy New Year" -- Drive to the southeast. The ADC command group ; Colonel Katayama guesses wrong ; Suicide creek ; Aogiri ridge ; The final objective -- Flight and pursuit. The vanishing enemy ; Operations in the high ground ; Eastern area patrols ; The Katabasis of Jiro Sato ; The Itni patrol ; Rooke island -- Flashback : action at Arawe. Concept of mission ; Arawe Z-day ; The first twelve days ; Enter Tobuse and Komori ; Komori makes a noble resolve ; Disillusionment of a "hero" -- Talasea. Eastward to Talasea ; D-day at beach red ; Bitokara, Talasea and Waru ; The Navy at Willaumez ; The fifth mops up -- Long trail a'winding. Sato, Komori & company ; Contact at Kandoka ; Further patrolling by 1st Marines ; Journey's end -- Conclusion. The Marines depart ; Summing up ; Epilogue.
Abstract	The truth is that nothing was easy on New Britain. Jungle, swamp and mountain combined with atrocious weather to multiply problems of time and space. Then, too, the Japanese held an inestimable advantage in their familiarity with the terrain -- an advantage which they exploited with no little skill. It took maneuver on our part to cope with this phalanx of difficulties, and before the fighting ended it had sprawled over more territory than any other Marine campaign of the war. There is no such thing as a "light" casualty list, and more than 300 Marines paid with their lives in New Britain's fetid jungle. But viewed in the light of numbers engaged, ground gained, and enemy losses, it was not a costly victory. On the contrary, the fighting that ranged from Cape Gloucester to Talasea ranks as one of the most economical operations in the entire Pacific. - Foreword.
General note	Document for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, laminated cover, $3.75.
General note	4to.
General note	GPO Historic Shelflist Project- publication not in hand.
General note	GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-190).
Issued in other form	Online version: United States. Marine Corps. Campaign on New Britain. [Washington] Historical Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1952
LCCN	53060371
GPO item number	0383-B
Govt. docs number	D 214.13:N 42 B

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