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Eniwetok - The Battle of Eniwetok was fought 17-21 February 1944. The 22nd Marines and army troops went ashore on Engebi Island, which was the northern rim of the atoll without
interference by Japanese planes. But the 1st Amphibious Brigade, a veteran combat unit 2,200 strong, sturdily defended Eniwetok Island itself, and Parry Island on the southern rim. Three U.S.
battalions fought for and reduced the islands in succession, losing 339 men dead. The Japanese garrisons were annihilated in close-in fighting in which Japanese land mines and U.S.
flamethrowers took a heavy toll.
Photo - Landing craft pass supporting warships in the Battle of Eniwetok, 19 February 1944. U.S. Army photo in: Philip A. Crowl and Edmund G. Love: "United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific - Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls", p. 352. Office
of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. (USA), 1955. Library of Congress Catalog # 55-60002
Map - Map of the battle of Eniwetok Downloaded from "The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Eastern Mandates" |
Tommy Trampp |
Eniwetok (LCU-1521) 
