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A Chronology of the USA Marine Corps 1935-1946
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1, p . 90) . 29 Apr PACIFIC---Admiral King, ComSoPac, established the South Pacific Amphibious Force composed primarily of the 1st Marine : Division . (Williams, p . 35) . 1 May SAMOA---The 8th Defense Battalion (rein) arrived on Wallis from Tutuila Island for the defense of the island . (OpHist, V . 1, p . 90 ; Muster Rolls) . 2 May MIDWAY ---CinCPac conferred with the senior Marine officer on the island and directed him to submit a detailed list of all supplies and equipment needed to defend the atoll against a strong attack .
37 - 39) . JOHNSTON---Two Japanese ships bombarded the island, destroying (OpHist, v . 1, p . 82) . a 1,200-gallon oil tank . 17 Dec WAKE---Japanese air raids on the atoll ignited a diesel oil tank on Wilkes Island and damaged an . evaporator unit on which (OpHist, v . 1, p . 125) . the atoll depended for its water supply . MIDWAY---Seventeen SB2U-3's from Marine Scout-Bomber Squadron 231 arrived unexpectedly from Hickam Field, Hawaii ; these obsolescent aircraft executed the longest massed flight overwater of single engine land planes .
Sherrod, p . 48) . SOLOMONS---Japanese landed at Kieta, Bougainville Island . (Rentz, p . 141) . BISMARCKS---Japanese forces landed at Rabaul where they quickly overran the small Australian garrison there and occupied New Ireland . (OpHist, v . 1, p . 205 ; Hough and crown, p . 206) . 2427 Jan MACASSAR STRAIT---The battle of Macassar Strait . Allied sea and air forces inflicted severe damage on a large Japanese invasion convoy in the first sea battle between the Allies and Japan, off Balikpapan, Borneo .