all the guns in the fucking world was there...
Major General Hardis, Commander of the 6th Division, ordered the regiment to attack Mt.Parawagan from the west.
The 63rd Infantry was to give this support by artillery fire from mataba.
The support received by the 145th Infantry at this time is shown on the left, and even looking at the list, one can imagine the intensity of the concentrated fire of the U.S. military against this mountain at that time.
Division and corps artillery
155mm curved artillery 2 brigades
105mm curved artillery 3 brigades
155mm gun 1 squadron
240mm bending gun 1 squadron
8-inch curved gun, 90 mm A A gun
1 company each
From the 63rd Infantry in MATABA
81mm mortar x 8
4.2" mortar x 8
57mm rapid-fire gun x 2
50mm machine gun x 11
30mm heavy machine gun x 12