The Pacific — Papua New Guinea
Episode 4 — the Marines assault Cape Gloucester in December 1943, fighting through jungle mud and Japanese bunkers.
Cape Gloucester was captured January 16, 1944 after three weeks of brutal jungle fighting in torrential rain. The 1st Marine Division suffered 1,647 casualties. The campaign secured New Britain's western tip and isolated the major Japanese base at Rabaul.
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