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January 28th, 2006
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lol, I mean.. any hints as to location etc? 
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January 28th, 2006
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Sure mighty. It was in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
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January 28th, 2006
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The Doolittle Raid?
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January 28th, 2006
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Yep you got it. Over to you Fighter.
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January 29th, 2006
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What was the site of the first (and only) raid by the Marine Raiders and which unit participated in the assault?
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January 29th, 2006
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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. |
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January 30th, 2006
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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.
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January 31st, 2006
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Edson's battalion (along with the 1st Marine Division and other units) hit the beach on the Solomon Islands. Operation Watchtower
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January 31st, 2006
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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.
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February 1st, 2006
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Maklin island. the 2nd landed from the the submarines Nautilus SS-168 and Argonaut SS-166 on 17AUG1942
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