Cut, Slash and Mow Down PTO (id:#60678)

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Vicinity of Torokina Airbase, Bougainville 1944-03-24 (1 other)

Overview:

The Americans had landed in Bougainville, in numbers that the Japanese could not repulse. American forces had seized Torokina airbase and had dug in. The best the Japanese could logically do was stay put, but that was not in the Japanese armed forces logic. General Hyakutake and his 6th Infantry Division (a crack unit that had gathered extensive combat experience in China) were ordered to attack. The Americans had plenty of evidence of an impending Japanese attack. Major General Robert Beightler put his 37th Infantry Division to work, fortifying the hills surrounding Torokina. After several disruptive and diversionary attacks, the IJA's 6th Division finally launched its full-scale assault on the US positions during the last hours of the night on March 24. They had been ordered to "cut, slash and mow down the American rascals".

Defender: American (37th Infantry Division)  

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