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Operation Chromite Case Study
Under Joint Task Force (JTF) 7, the combined efforts of other Services (Air Force, Marines, and Navy to support General MacArthur with operation reach in Operation Chromite was possible only through effective joint planning. The Navy (also alongside the British) supported General MacArthur with operational reach by providing the successful bombardment by carrier planes and shelling by cruisers, destroyers and other naval gunfire support ships days prior to beginning joined by the Marines. The Marines provided operational reach by spearheading the amphibious assault. The elements under the 1st Marine Division were able to successfully attack and secure key objectives to cut off NKPA’s main lines of communications and resupply to his forces
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