This Day in History Sept 5 Milne Bay

After my post, Blue Water Massey MN posted an authoritative history on the campaign. That history cites the US 46th Army Engineers while I cited the 43rd. The 43rd was there. They arrived in Milne Bay on August 8, 1942. Companies C and F of the 43rd were in front when the attacks ensued. The 43rd is never mentioned, even in the most detailed histories, because they were never attached to a division. The 46th was attached to the 32nd Division. The details are there in the singular printed history of the 43rd and were offered to anyone who would listen at the 43rd's biennial reunion. Those reunions started in 1946 and lasted into the 1990's. The 43rd partied until they couldn't party anymore.

Ultradog MN posted a link not me in response to your posting
my only comment on that topic was "1942 Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay"

as to my daily posts on history I've found that on most facts that there are many links to historical events some with many dates or by many participants and not all of them are factual or correct

check out the link I posted below on Milne Bay

there will always be contraversy on many things that happened in the past and as the years progress and others post opinions on line their posts will then show up on searches that can help lead to confussing the facts of history

as for my posts I primaraly use one site for the main body of my post as it uses a shorter sentance form to keep it in point form, where wikipedia uses a longer sentence somtimes 3-4 lines long

I also use wikipedia to help confirm and add too my post
subjects that are not on both sites I try to confirm using a google search for factuality and even then I still get some facts posted in error

I thank you and everyone else for both your reading of my posts on daily history as well as your participation in them by posting historical links or personal postings to further expand on my daily summeries
what wikipedia says on Milne Bay