Cape Gloucester: The Green Inferno
On the early morning of 26 December 1943, Marines poised off the coast of Japanese-held New Britain could barely make out the mile-high bulk of Mount Talawe against a sky growing light with the approach of dawn. Flame billowed from the guns of American and Australian cruisers and destroyers, shattering the early morning calm. The men of the 1st Marine Division…steeled themselves as they waited for daylight and the signal to assault the Yellow Beaches near Cape Gloucester in the northwestern part of the island. - Summary by Bernard C. Nalty
Genre(s): War & Military
Language: English
Keyword(s): wwii (18), usmc (10), marines (9), marines in the pacific (5), cape gloucester (1), battle for the pacific (1), new britain (1)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Chapter 1 - Cape Gloucester: The Green Inferno; MacArthur's Marines; Sidebars | Aaron Bennett |
00:18:57 |
| Play 02 | Chapter 2 - The Japanese in Western New Britain; Establishing the Beachhead; Sidebars | Aaron Bennett |
00:19:30 |
| Play 03 | Chapter 3 - The Capture of the Cape Gloucester Airfields | Aaron Bennett |
00:08:54 |
| Play 04 | Chapter 4 - Clearing the Shores of Borgen Bay; Sidebars | Aaron Bennett |
00:15:55 |
| Play 05 | Chapter 5 - The Mopping-up Begins in the West | Aaron Bennett |
00:21:24 |
| Play 06 | Chapter 6 - The Landings at Volupai | Aaron Bennett |
00:14:23 |
| Play 07 | Chapter 7 - Final Combat and Relief; Sidebar | Aaron Bennett |
00:16:21 |