Davis, Earle, Sgt

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Final Rank
Sergeant
Last MOS
0300-Basic Infantryman
Last MOSGroup
Infantry
Primary Unit
1942-1942, 3rd Raider Battalion
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Home State
New Jersey
New Jersey
 
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Denville

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Northern Solomon Islands Campaign (1943-44)/Battle of Bougainville
From Month/Year
November / 1943
To Month/Year
January / 1944

Description
After New Georgia, the next major operation was an invasion of the island of Bougainville, which was approached by landings at Mono and Stirling in the Treasury Islands on October 25-27, 1943. A Marine division landed on the west coast of Bougainville at Empress Augusta Bay on November 1, 1943. The Marines were followed within the month by an Army division and replaced in the next month by another Army division.

It was late November before the beachhead at Empress Augusta Bay was secure. This beachhead was all that was needed, and no attempt was made to capture the entire island. Allied planes neutralized enemy airfields in the northern part of the island, and the Allied command made use of its naval and air superiority to contain the Japanese garrison on Bougainville and cut its supply line to Rabaul by occupying the Green Islands (February 14, 1944).

Despite these measures, the Japanese maintained pressure against the beachhead, mounting an especially heavy but unsuccessful counterattack as late as March 1944. Success at Bougainville isolated all Japanese forces left in the Solomons. The Japanese sustained comparatively heavy air and naval losses during the campaign, which further crippled the Japanese Combined Fleet and had a vital effect on the balance of naval power in the Central Pacific.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
November / 1943
To Month/Year
January / 1944
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
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Units Participated in Operation

4th Marine Regiment

1st Battalion, 21st Marines (1/21)

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 (VMGR-234)

3rd Battalion, 4th Marines (3/4)

3rd Battalion, 9th Marines (3/9)

1st Parachute Battalion, 1st Parachute Regiment

Marine Aircraft Group 24 (MAG-24)

3rd Combat Engineer Battalion (3rd CEB)

Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14)

2nd Battalion, 21st Marines (2/21)

21st Marine Regiment

3rd Battalion, 21st Marines (3/21)

2nd Battalion, 12th Marines (2/12)

3rd Amphibian Tractor (Amtrac) Battalion

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 (VMGR-152)

1st Parachute Regiment

3rd Marine Division

4th Battalion, 12th Marines (4/12)

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232)

2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines (2/3)

Marine Transport Squadron 152 (VMR-152)

12th Marine Regiment

3rd Pioneer Battalion, 3rd Marine Division

 
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