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Nov 01 1943 – WW2: Battle of Empress Augusta Bay – United States Marines, the 3rd Marine Division, land on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Casualties and losses: US 19 – JP 168 to 658. Nov 01 1943 – WW2: In support of the landings on Bougainville, U.S. aircraft carrier forces attack the huge Japanese base at Rabaul. ................
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