Raid on Choiseul
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raid-on-choiseul-252-201486
title:
Raid on Choiseul
text:
The Raid on Choiseul was a small unit engagement that occurred from 28 October to 3 November 1943, during the Solomon Islands campaign of the Pacific War. The raid was launched to divert the Japanese from the Allied landings at Cape Torokina on Bougainville Island. United States Marines from the 2nd Parachute Battalion landed on Japanese-occupied Choiseul in the northern Solomon Islands and carried out raids on Japanese army and navy forces over a 25-mile (40 km) area over the course of seven da
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wiki
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description:
World War II US Marines action in the Solomon Islands campaign
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Choiseul
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date modified:
2024-01-04T13:59:20Z
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