After 18 February Truk lost its usefulness as a fleet anchorage or advanced naval base for the Japanese.
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The Japanese, thus far victorious in the war, planned to capture the island for an advance naval base.
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Rear Admiral 37th Infantry Division ( Army ), under Maj . Gen . Robert S . Beightler, and the Advance Naval Base Unit No . 7.
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Every man on the beach, including yeomen, electricians, carpenters, and intelligence and supply officers of the Advanced Naval Base Group, was hastily armed and formed a firing line along the dunes with engineers of the Army shore parties.
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