Koruniat Island

MapLat 1° 58' 0S Long 147° 20' 60E

History
The other islands were objectives of the 12th Cavalry; the 1st Squadron, reinforced, would seize and mop up Koruniat and Ndrilo on April 1, 1944. . In preparation for the 1st Squadron, 12th Cavalry's attack on Koruniat, which had earlier been suspected of harboring naval guns, PT boats and a rocket boat as well as the customary artillery took the islands under fire. Bombing and strafing by the RAAF and heavy mortar fire from Mokerang Point also preceded the assault, transported in native canoes. No Japanese were found on Koruniat, and the next day the 1st Squadron returned to Lombrum.

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