its 1943, the USMC are doing island hopping in the Marshall Island, Tarawa Betio island needs to be cleared so we can launch B-17 Flying Fortresses to Bomb mainland Japan.

We will be beach assaulting from the USS Enterprise. We need to clear key objectives on the airfield/island.

Nearby ships have been shelling the island to soften up the defences for 2 days.

3x LVT-A2
2x F6F Wildcat
1x Willy jeep
1 infantry platoon

Capturing Tarawa Betio island.

Mission failure on failing to capture the airfield on endex.

The purpose of the mission is to Capturing Tarawa Betio island airfield.

The objectives are: Obj A- Create a landing zone Obj B- Take control of enemy intel center Obj C- Destroy Flak center The movement plan will be as follows: Friendly Navy Artillery will shell objective A, after which we will be landing there on the beach. After landing Easy 1 and 2 will then form a platoon line to sweep the island west to east. Objective locations: big picture:

Red smokes for CAS requests Purple smokes for masscas Radio frequencies 40.0 Mhz EASY 9, EASY 1, EASY 2, YANKEE 9 50.0 Mhz EASY 7, LIGHTNING, FOX 4 87.0 Mhz EASY 8 & CROSSROADS