"Operation Forager Continued: Landings on Guam and Tinian" Topic
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| Tango01 | 25 Jan 2020 12:58 p.m. PST |
"A key part of Operation Forager, the amphibious assault—actually the recapture and liberation—of the U.S. territory of Guam, captured by the Japanese on 7 December 1941, was originally planned for 18 June 1944. However, it had to be postponed for over a month due to the Battle of the Philippine Sea and the unexpected ferocity of enemy resistance on Saipan. Based on the Saipan experience, an additional Army division—the 77th Infantry Division, fresh from amphibious and jungle warfare training in Hawaii (which would greatly enhance its interoperability with the Marines)—was allocated to the III Amphibious Corps (3rd Marine Division, 1st Provisional Brigade), commanded by Major General Roy. S. Geiger, USMC. Task Force 53 (Fifth Fleet's Southern Attack Force), commanded by Rear Admiral Richard L. Connolly, comprised the assault shipping, naval gunfire support, and naval air support for the landings on Guam, set for "W-day," 21 July…"
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