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Barrigada, Guam, the Marianas 1944-08-02 (6 others)

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Overview:

"Ghosts in the Jungle" -- After the successful landings led by the Marines of the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade and the 3rd Marine Division, the American foothold on Guam was no longer threatened. The 77th Infantry Division was entrusted with the task of mopping up the island in the face of a greatly weakened enemy, one still capable of determined resistance. The Barrigada district, in the north-eastern part of the island, was the scene of heavy fighting; the Japanese were desperately resisting access to the village and were clinging to the edge of the jungle that lay to the east. The first attack on the ‘Green House’ by B Company, 307th Regimental Combat Team, had failed by the afternoon of the 2nd, with the result that the left flank of the battalion was now exposed. In order to reestablish contact with B Company, now cut-off to the north-west, Company G was dispatched to take and hold the area with the help of some light tanks.

Defender: Japanese (Elements of 18th Infantry Regiment)  

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