wakde island造句

• Her next targets were on the Wakde Islands off the coast of Dutch New Guinea.
• "Australia " and Task Force 74 returned to Tanahmerah Bay on 16 May, to escort troopships to Wakde Island.
• D day for the landings at Wakde Island was 17 May 1944 . " Wilkes " contributed fire support and served in the antisubmarine screen.
• The next day, she rescued the crew of a wrecked American gasoline barge off Wakde Island and then sank two Japanese barges and silenced an enemy shore battery.
• Her guns supported landings at Wakde Island 17 May 1943, at Biak on the 27 May 1943, and at Noemfoor Island, New Guinea, 2 July 1943.
• The Tradewind Taskforce embarked onto the invasion convoy at several bases in north-west New Guinea, and conducted landing rehearsals at Aitape and Wakde Island in early September.
• After Allied forces had invaded Wakde Island on 17 May 1944 to capture a major Japanese air base there, the Japanese continued to hammer away at the newly acquired airstrip.
• After that brush with destruction, " Tuna " prepared to bombard Wakde Island with her deck guns, but the presence of Japanese subchasers forced a change in plans.
• On 3 November the tank landing ship sailed to Wakde Airfield on Wakde Island off the coast of New Guinea to embark troops of the 303rd Airdrome Squadron for passage to Leyte.
• "' Wakde Airfield "'is a World War II airfield located on Wakde Island, off the northern coast of New Guinea in West Papua Province, Indonesia.
• The dock landing ship, however, arrived unscathed at Leyte on 13 January, but soon returned to sea as an element of TG 78.2, bound for Wakde Island.
• Air raid alerts were frequent, but no Japanese attacks ensued . " Oyster Bay " got underway to Wakde Island on 5 June 1944 with two squadrons of PT boats.
• This beachhead was later extended to include Wakde Island by a shore to shore movement of troops . " Phoenix " bombarded the Toem area and escorted the troops to the landing beach.
• Meanwhile, the remainder of the division relieved the 6th Infantry Division ( United States ) in the Sarmi-Wakde Island area, 18 July 1944, and engaged small units of the enemy, trying not to provoke a large scale counterattack.
• In the following months she supported landings at Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands, Hollandia Jayapura, Wakde Island, Biak, and Noemfoor, New Guinea . " Reid " supported air strikes against Wake Island, and in November 1944 did patrol duty off Leyte in the Philippines.
• She then participated in the amphibious operation against Wakde Island, screening the amphibious ships as they landed troops of General Douglas MacArthur's forces . " Whitehurst ", in company with other units of Task Unit ( TU ) 72.2 . 9, later escorted echelon S-4 of the invasion force to Humboldt Bay.