24 December 2009
American task force bombards Buka Island
Posted by hotdog256 under: On this date in Miltary history; history .
On this date (December 24, 1943) ,an American task force of cruisers and destroyers bombards Buka Island and the Japanese base at Buin on Bougainville. These are diversionary attacks from the imminent landing on New Britain in the Bismarck Archipelago
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