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Gloucester/Pavavu/Banika
The 1st Marine Division fight the Japanese—and the jungle conditions—at Cape Gloucester on the island of New Britain in December 1943. In May 1944, the Marines recuperate on Pavuvu, but a prostrate Leckie is sent to a naval hospital on Banika for psychiatric observation. Meanwhile, Eugene Sledge trains as a mortarman at Camp Elliott in California., In December 1943, First Marine Division braves the jungle conditions to fight the Japanese, at Cape Gloucester, New Britain. In May 1944, the unit recuperates on Pavuvu. Leckie is sent to a naval hospital for psychiatric observation. Meanwhile, at Camp Elliott in California, Eugene Sledge trains as a mortarman., Marine Robert Leckie battles both the elements and the enemy, as despair and disease take their toll on his unit., The 1st Marine Division fight the Japanese, and the jungle conditions, at Cape Gloucester on the island of New Britain in December 1943. In May 1944, the Marines recuperate on Pavuvu, but a prostrate Leckie is sent to a naval hospital on Banika for psychiatric observation. Meanwhile, Eugene Sledge trains as a mortarman at Camp Elliott in California.
