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Location Wartime History Over the next four days, additional landings occurred over the next four days, bringing ashore the remainder of the 172nd Infantry Regiment, 43rd Infantry Division, 9th Marine Defense Battalion, 24th Naval Construction Battalion, 103rd Field Artillery Battalion and other units. The landings utilized first time in the Pacific war, the LST (Landing Ship Tank). The American beachhead supported next phase of the operation, to capture Munda Airfield. On July 2, 1943 155mm artillery began shelling the airfield, and continued for the rest of the campaign. SB-24D "Sergeant Stripes... Forever!" 42-63805 Bonieto Point Contribute
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