Special Naval Landing Forces

Really nice and clear.

SNLF, there is a slight amendment to the bit of rivalry there.

You meant snap to action only affects other SNLF units and various vehicles and all transport vehicles that are transporting at least one SNLF unit.

That's really interesting because when you could only snap SNLF, there wasn't a way to make the transport SNLF.

And so your force runs the risk of kind of getting trapped on the transports because the officer couldn't snap his transport and Well, you're not necessarily trapped, but you lose a huge benefit that the other officers have where they're able to snap the transport, move forward, and get out simultaneously.

I quite like that.

It fits the theme.

I actually think I would have changed it slightly to if they'd been purchased for an SNLF unit.

As he communicated to the officers and men of the division after the battle, it will always be a source of supreme satisfaction and pride to be able to say, I was with the 2nd Marine Division at Tarawa.

The Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces Tara was the first large-scale encounter between U.S. Marines and the Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces, SNLF.

The division intelligence staff had forewarned that, "...naval units of this type are usually more highly trained and have a greater tenacity and fighting spirit than the average Japanese Army unit." But the Marines were surprised at the ferocity of the defenders on Bay Show.

the japanese imperial marines earned the grudging respect of their american counterparts for their esprit discipline marksmanship proficiency with heavy weapons small unit leadership manifest bravery and a stoic willingness to die to the last man Major William K. Jones, whose 1st Battalion 6th Marines engaged more of the enemy in hand-to-hand combat on Bay Show than any other unit, said, These defenders were pretty tough, and they were big, 6 foot, the biggest Japs that I ever saw.

The only suitable landing beaches from a hydrographic standpoint were those on either side of this low ground, since coral formations fringe the rest of the island.

Intelligence officers estimated that the island held several hundred men of the Japanese Special Naval Landing Force.

These were elite troops of proven fighting ability.

Aerial reconnaissance indicated they were dug in to defend the obvious landing sites.

Heavy artillery drove them back.

A second probe at Aberdeen, where special naval landing forces approached within three hundred yards of the naval base, were being repelled by Canadian machine gun fire.

In hindsight, these were mere feints, never intended as the primary thrust.

The stratagem succeeded.