REPULSE AT BAIROKO New Georgia, July 1943 Eric Hammel U.S. Marine Raiders and a U.S. Army infantry battalion have landed in northern New Georgia in order to cut off the Japanese defending an airfield at Munda from resuply, reinforcement, and retreat. Saddled with a plan that is both complicated and too wide-ranging, the Americans are required to launch a frontal assault against an unknown number of Japanese who are supported by heavy artillery. Military historian Eric Hammel’s 4,100-word overview provides a gripping account of this heart-breaking effort by brave Americans to do their duty.