Created by Tom Horn on 19 Aug 2010, Last Update on 19 Aug 2010

Bairoko - 20 Jul 1943

US Marine Raiders, supported by two United States Army infantry battalions, attacked a Japanese garrison guarding the port of Bairoko on the Dragons Peninsula on New Georgia. The day long assault on the well entrenched defenders failed.

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Tags : Japan,United States,Land,Europe,Combat

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