Landings at Cape Torokina
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The Landings at Cape Torokina, also known as Operation Cherryblossom, took place at the beginning of the Bougainville campaign in World War II. The amphibious landings were carried out by elements of
1st Battalion, 3rd Marines engaged during the landing at Cape Torokina.
Location of Bougainville. Cape Torokina is on the western side of the island, about halfway up the coast
Alexander A. Vandegrift as a major general
Allen H. Turnage as a lieutenant general
Bougainville campaign
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The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan, named after the island of Bougainville, one of t
Landings at Cape Torokina
…The Landings at Cape Torokina (1–3 November 1943), also known as Operation Cherryblossom, took place at the beginning of the Bougainville campaign in World War II. The amphibious landings were carried out by elements of the United States Marine Corps in November 1943 on Bougainville Island in the…
United States Army soldiers hunt Japanese infiltrators on Bougainville in March 1944.
Landing beaches near Cape Torokina
Landing craft circling off Cape Torokina
Antiaircraft gunners at Cape Torokina