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ACTIONREPORTENCLOSURE0
21
STMARINE_S
Headquarters,21st~rine"ThirdMarineDlv1pion.,FMF,IntheField.F.rom:To:
co.
00.,
3dMarDiv.Subjeet:ActionReport,
tWO
JIr'AOper~tion..Reference:(a)3dMarDivGOI131(Confidential),dated3!eb45.andmodification
+1
thereto.Enclosures:
(a)
ActionReportof1stBn,21stMar.
(0)
ActionReportof2dBn,21st}~r.
(e)
ActionReportof3dBn,21stMar.
1.
Inaccordancewithreference(a)thefollowingreportissubmitted:P~
I.
Summary.~Periodcoveredbythisreport:23Jan45(timemissionwasassigned)tol~~45(endofoperation)•.B.ThisRe~tlandedonthesoutheastcoastof
two
JIHA
21Feb45.AtcMto4thMarDivandwascommitted22Feb,passingthrou2;helementsof23dMarsouthofAirfieldNo2.Regtmadenegligibleprogress22Feb.continuedAtk23Feb,andby1J30hadreachedAirfieldNo2.Thefollowingmorning.
24
Feb,theAtk
was
continuedandby1100thesouthernendoftheai:tfield
was
SUl\-
roundedandthecentercrossed,byeveningthe
no
r;__sidewasfirmlyheldbytwo
Oos
of3dBnandonefromthe2dBn.ThisRegtreverted3dMarDivcontrol0700
25
Feband
was
passedthroughby9thMa~at0930andbecameDivRes.From
~j
Febtothemorningof28FebconductedruoppinsupoperationsinrearofDiv;~ofA.At081.528Feb
this
Regtpassedthrough9thMarandcontinuedtheAtk
',~o
0-3.
At1330
28
FebMotayamaTownwastakenbytheright
Bn,
TheAtkwas.untinued08301l~r,employingoneBn9thMarontheleftflankoftheRegtl'ZofA.Theri~tRegtlZofApassedto9th
Mar
controlat1545.~y1645thewesternpartofAirfieldNo
3
wasoverrun.TheAtkwascontinuedat08152Mar,:)y1305
~ll
362(2350)andmostofAirfieldNo
3
"'A,S
inourbands.TheAtk~ontinued3l.far,by1655thehi2;hgroundnortheastofAirfield
~"o
3was
secuzed;
,N.agligibleprogress
was
made4Mar.5Har
Was
utilized
to
resuppl~,improve;~fensivepositions,
and
conductmoppingupoperations.The
Atk
toHill362~d9
U)
on6Harand7Marmadelittleorno.sa.in.The
Atk
on
g
Marresulted
;"'l
thecaptureof
0-3
alongtheri,c:;ht
n
ZofA.9thlI.a.r'TaSutilizedinmopping
._~..?
andpatrolling.Onepatrolreachedthecoastlinea.t1355~dthin!le~tlZofA.
At
150010MarrightRegtlZofAwasdeclaredclea.rcfallor~anizedresistance.
11
and12Marwereutilizedinmoppingupandpatrolling.TheentireRegtl
ZotAwas
clearedoforganizedredstance12Mar.From13ll.a.ro15HarthisRegtproteetedthe5thDivrightflank,andconductedmoppingupoperations
in
RegtlZofA.At070016!-!a.rhisRegttookover
ithe
right.ectol'
ot
5thDi
T
zoneandcontinuedtheAtktoKitanoPoint.!y1330ourtroopsoccupiedKitanoPoint
in
Regtl
ZotA.
From11Marto24iIarconductedmopping
up
ol'erations,pa.trolling,salvage
work,
burialofenemydead
and
policewithin
assi~ed
!te~tlZotA.At0700
24
MarthisRegtwasrelievedofresponsibilityofpatrolsectorbyelementaofthe141thInf.
~~II.
Preliminaries.
A.
RC'l
21.
21st~fa.rines.Co
a,
3d
E~
se,
Co~,
3dPion~n.Co
B,3dl.frl3n.
Co
At
3dMedBn.
Det
3d
J..\SCo.
Det28thRep1Draft.Det
34th
ReplDraft.
.:B.
(1)
Plannip.e:;.Fromth'etimetheDivOpnOrder
~15
receiveduntilthisReetlanded,frequentconfere~ce~wereheldwithRegtlandBnStaffofflcers,
cots
ofallattachedunits,ship'sofficersand~·s.
ActionReport,Ii10JII:\Operation(Cont'd)
....
---------
....
----------------------
(2)Traininl:;::!!:ach
In!
Bnparticipated
ir:"
BnAtkprobleminvolvin~closeArtysupportandthefirin~ofallInfWp;~.TheRe~participatedinoneDivandtwoRe~tlepxsandoneRegtlproblem.
Al1-
troopsrec'ivodinstructionintheuseofflamethrowers,demolitionsandmethodsof
!".':mtrnlhint;and(He-
f:'rmln~ofenemylandmines.Allunitsconducted
SOllie
T!c-Inf
training•
.
ducted.
,
Rehearsals:
',l>
T
o
rehearsalsinsh1p-to-shoremovementwerecon-C.
(l)
Themi~s1onof
t
his
Rest1'lastolandonorderin
Res
(invariousformationsonvariousbeaches),andmovetoassir'~edas"1emblyarea.~nththeaJoveinmindapreferredplan
and
five
(5)'
altp~nateplansweredrawnup~hichincludedlandin~soneitherthesoutheastorsouthwes'tcoastsof
lWO
JIMA.2d
Pn
12thMarwasAtchdtothisRCTforembarkationonly.However,planswere~3rfectedtoland:
(1)
the
tn!.
(2)
In!
andArtysimultaneously,or(3)theArtypriorto
the
Inf
isnecessary.
D.
Forownforces,position,compositionanddlspo,itlonatth'eoutsetofactionseeAtchdoverlay.
(2)
It
was
assumedthatthisRCTwouldlandinreserveonasecuredbeachandpassthro~.,nowever,allplansanddetailswereperfectedforland-
in~
inassault.
,.
.
.
Elementsof
follo"Ting
units
wer
econtactedinROT21ZofA.l09th
D1
v
Hq•.
l09th
Div~\
ArtyUnit.
431)
MCUnit44thl-!CUnit2d
}olB
ArtyUnit.309thInd
Iaf
Bn.310thIndInf'Bn.311thIndInf
:Bn.
)14thIndInf
:Bn.
ist3n,
14SthInfReat.2uBn,145thInf'Re~t.14sthIn!ReatArtyUnit.3d
:En,
17thIndl:ixedRe~t.26th
Tank:
Regt.8thIndATBn.9thInd.\TBn.11thInd_;\TBn.12thInd
.\T
Bn.1stInd
I·!GBn.
2dInd
HG
Bn.20thIndArtyl-iortar
Bn,
2d
Medium
},fartar
Bn,
3dNediumHortar
Bn,
RocketUnit(Arnv).
lWO
JIMANavalGuardForce•.'204thSETSUETAI.Orqa.nhat.1on..r_ArmyUnitslogth
DivRg.
109th
DivAA
ArtyUniteThe2d.3dandone~"_'31fofthe4th,(sea.rchlight)Btrysofthel09th
AA
unitwerein
RCT'
21ZofA.eTA?18ne).POWs
have
indicatedthat
the
2dB,tryhad90menandoperateds1x
70m.~
guns.The3dBtryhad120men
operatingsix
7cm
AA
guns.
The
4th
Btry
had
40
makins,
vithaliq
of
42,
approxi-
mately290-300men
and
127cm
AA
gwl.S~
Also
atta.chedtothi's
AA
Unitverotwo
MC
Units(43dand44th)consistin~
of
80and
60
menrespectively
With812:
25nWmachine
cannons
ineach
unit.
Thismakesthetotalofthel09t~
AA
Unitaround430..
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