Topic: WW2 Trivia 19

MightyMacbeth · January 28th, 2006

Nope..

lol, I mean.. any hints as to location etc?

The Cooler King · January 28th, 2006

Sure mighty. It was in the Pacific Theater of Operations.

IAmFighter · January 28th, 2006

The Doolittle Raid?

The Cooler King · January 28th, 2006

Yep you got it. Over to you Fighter.

IAmFighter · January 29th, 2006

What was the site of the first (and only) raid by the Marine Raiders and which unit participated in the assault?

CanadianCombat · January 29th, 2006

Tested first during the Aug. 7, 1942, Guadalcanal landing,
Edsonþs Raiders, the 1st Raider Battalion, struck at Tulagi, an
island across the channel from the main landing force.

IAmFighter · January 30th, 2006

That was part of the regular amphibious assault on Guadalcanal, so no, that's incorrect. I want the hit and run raid location that came shortly afterwards to support that operation.

CanadianCombat · January 31st, 2006

Edson's battalion (along with the 1st Marine Division and other units) hit the beach on the Solomon Islands. Operation Watchtower

IAmFighter · January 31st, 2006

You're right about the 1st Raiders participating in the invasion of Guadalcanal, but that was part of a standard amphibious assault while attached to the 1st Marine Division. What I'm looking for is the raid when a Raiders battalion was used in its intended role of raiding Japanese-held islands, then withdrawing and forcing the enemy to waste time, effort, and equipment to replace what the Raiders destroyed. What the 1st Raiders did on Tulagi and Guadalcanal, while heroic, was not a raid.

HINT: You're looking for operations by the 2nd Raider Battalion.....

gigabrain · February 1st, 2006

Maklin island. the 2nd landed from the the submarines Nautilus SS-168 and Argonaut SS-166 on 17AUG1942

January 28th, 2006	Post 181
MightyMacbeth ICBM Gear	Nope.. lol, I mean.. any hints as to location etc? __________________ ~when a man does his best, what else is there? Gen.George S.Patton

January 28th, 2006	Post 183
IAmFighter Centurion	The Doolittle Raid? __________________ \"The advance of hope in the Middle East requires new thinking in the region. By now it should be clear that authoritarian rule is not the way of the future it is the last gasp of a discredited past. Democracy is their goal and terrorists themselves have reason to fear.\" ~President George W. Bush Do not attack the First Marine Division. Leave the yellowlegs alone. Strike the American Army. ~Orders given to Communist troops in the Korean War; shortly afterward, the Marines were ordered to not wear their khaki leggings.

January 29th, 2006	Post 186
CanadianCombat Centurion Gear	Tested first during the Aug. 7, 1942, Guadalcanal landing, Edsonþs Raiders, the 1st Raider Battalion, struck at Tulagi, an island across the channel from the main landing force. __________________ If we don't end war,war will end us.

February 1st, 2006	Post 190
gigabrain Centurion Gear	Maklin island. the 2nd landed from the the submarines Nautilus SS-168 and Argonaut SS-166 on 17AUG1942 __________________ Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. "I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head!"

January 28th, 2006	Post 182
The Cooler King Godfather Gear	Sure mighty. It was in the Pacific Theater of Operations.

January 28th, 2006	Post 184
The Cooler King Godfather Gear	Yep you got it. Over to you Fighter.

January 29th, 2006	Post 185
IAmFighter Centurion	What was the site of the first (and only) raid by the Marine Raiders and which unit participated in the assault?

January 30th, 2006	Post 187
IAmFighter Centurion	That was part of the regular amphibious assault on Guadalcanal, so no, that's incorrect. I want the hit and run raid location that came shortly afterwards to support that operation.

January 31st, 2006	Post 188
CanadianCombat Centurion Gear	Edson's battalion (along with the 1st Marine Division and other units) hit the beach on the Solomon Islands. Operation Watchtower

January 31st, 2006	Post 189
IAmFighter Centurion	You're right about the 1st Raiders participating in the invasion of Guadalcanal, but that was part of a standard amphibious assault while attached to the 1st Marine Division. What I'm looking for is the raid when a Raiders battalion was used in its intended role of raiding Japanese-held islands, then withdrawing and forcing the enemy to waste time, effort, and equipment to replace what the Raiders destroyed. What the 1st Raiders did on Tulagi and Guadalcanal, while heroic, was not a raid. HINT: You're looking for operations by the 2nd Raider Battalion.....