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United States Transport Fleet, Western Pacific Ocean, December 6


The Marine Assault Ship USS Boxer, observed from the pilot house of our transport

LT Aeros reporting

The troops of the US Army have been moved around the planet for the last several weeks, being told to prepare for something “big”. Weeks were spent training at the FOB’s in Greece, followed by an immediate deployment to China in order to liberate Jillin province. And now, the men and women of the eUS Army find themselves on board a massive transport fleet sailing west across the Pacific Ocean. The command staff has not spilled the beans, but everyone is guessing what might happen. A few soldiers are watching the results of the recent Presidential Election. President Jewitt was addressing Congress. Suddenly, the troops clustered around the television start to shout. “He’s asked Congress to declare war on Japan! They are going to do it too; the entire Congress is cheering and clapping!”

Minutes later, we can all feel the ship begin to turn gracefully to the North and accelerate. The ship’s Public Address system buzzed. “Attention, this is the Captain. At 1200 Hours, Eastern Standard time, the United States of America formally issued notice to the Empire of Japan our intention to declare war. As of now, all ties of peace and friendship between the United States and Japan are severed. Get ready men, we will be inside Japanese territorial waters in 14 hours. NCO’s will set watch schedule in accordance with war time Standard Operating Procedures. That is all”. Without even realizing they were doing it, all the troops began rechecking their rifles, clutching them just to assure themselves that they still had them. Some of the Sergeants rounded up some enlisted men for first watch. The rest sat down on their bunks and began to clean their rifles and prepare their gear before turning in to sleep. Tomorrow was going to be a very long day.


Coastal waters of Kyushu, near the City of Miyazaki, December 7

We were woken up by the sound of the ships alert. GENERAL QUARTERS, GENERAL QUARTERS, CREW TO BATTLE STATIONS, ASSAULT TROOPS TO THE LOADING DOCK. The soldiers immediately leapt out of their bunks and began grabbing their carefully packed rucksacks and weapons. The ship, which had been utterly silent save for the hum of the engines only a few moments before was now a hive of activity, with soldiers and sailors racing towards their respective posts. Suddenly, a massive explosion vibrated through the ship. “That felt really close sir” a private next to me commented. Deciding it was my job to get a better look at what was going on I raced up one of the stair wells to the main deck to observe what was happening. Looking out over the dark night, I could see the glow of the Japanese coastline and the bright glare of a nearby city. In front of me stretched the beaches, where explosions from bombs that I could only conclude were being dropped by strategic bombers high up in the night sky were illuminating the darkness.

Moments later, the night around me began to echo with thunder as hundreds of US and Allied aircraft raced in off the ocean and over the towns and fields of Kyushu. Moments later the shoreline erupted like a massive fireworks display as the Japanese and Phoenix Air Defense forces started opening up on our aircraft. Bombs, missiles and bullets rained down from the sky, turning the once placid shoreline into a conflagration of fire and smoke, while the sky was lit up like daylight by Surface to Air Missiles, AAA Artillery and exploding jets. To my right, I saw the eerie glow of cruise missiles racing in off the ocean just a few feet off the water. They were most likely fired by the US and Allied warships that remain unseen across the darkness. The shrieking missiles began to arch up, compensating for the shift from water to land, expertly avoiding the trees and houses lining the shore. Moments later, dozens of explosions vibrated out from the waiting Japanese shore, shaking the transport down to its rivets.


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I would learn later that our position near Miyazaki was just one portion of the massive EDEN invasion of Kyushu. All up down the length of the islands pacific coast, US and Allied forces were unleashing a merciless barrage into the defending Japanese and Phoenix forces. US Forces were hitting the central southern sector with the objective of securing the city of Miyazaki. Afterwards, we are to link up with the Croatian Army coming up from the south before striking at Kagoshima. To the North, Canada and Poland will hold the center while the Nordic Nations sweep into the central mountains. The northern portion of the Island would be handled by elements of the Romanian, Spanish and Greek armies. At the time, we did not know what was waiting for us on shore, other then the Japanese and the Russians. We were certain the rest of Phoenix had rushed troops to Japan. How many they had brought though remained a mystery. We were soon to find out.

The battalion’s bugler had mounted the top of the pilot house, and began to blow the signal for “charge” as loud as he could. The PA system cracked again; STAND BY, WE ARE PREPARING TO BEACH THE TRANSPORT Down in the hold, the troops were mounting their humvees, and armored vehicles. Those who were not going mechanized were racing onto the rapidly deployed amphibious assault boats which were being dropped off the side of the transport. The small vessels could carry a platoon of troops each, and they darted alongside the transport as it raced for shore. Defending troops who had been hunkered down during the aerial barrage began to open up with shoulder fired missiles and mortars. To the right of the transport, an enemy missile struck one of our amphibious assault boats, blowing it out of the water. Marines on a rubber dinghy began racing towards the stricken landing craft to grab survivors who were bobbing in the water. In response to the sudden hail of mortars and missiles from the shore, our transports on board gattling guns began to sweep a massive wall of bullets across the water, just a few feet above the heads of the men in the transports. Those bullets that did not hit an incoming mortar or missile impacted with enormous force on the waiting beach, creating a massive cloud of sand that obscured all visibility.

Without warning, the ship groaned to a halt as its bottom beached on the shore. The bow then began to ponderously open, revealing the ramps leading into the ships interior hold. As soon as they had opened, Humvees began racing out of the boat and into the shallows. The troops in the Humvee turrets began to open fire with their .50 Caliber machine guns, as they raced alongside the dismounted soldiers on the beach. Once our troops had hit the beach, enemy troops opened fire with machine guns and RPG’s. The amount of small arms fire on the beaches was so intense, it actually began to drown out the sound of the attack aircraft and bombs One intrepid combat photographer was able to capture these pictures of the initial landing on the beaches… from the limited safety of a mortar hole.






After the troops hit the shore, commanders who had painstakingly planned the assault over the past several weeks were now finding themselves powerless to do anything. They could only sit back and wait to see what happens. The sounds of the battle echoed across the water, and smoke rose from all directions along the shoreline. The radio in the onboard command center cracked with reports from field commanders. The news was good. While we were taking casualties, our forces were advancing off the beaches and into the coastal towns. Hungarian tanks had been spotted blocking the access to the main highways, but by now our own armored forces were hitting the beaches and racing inland.

This battle however is far from over. All the soldiers know this is a one shot deal. If we win, we will be one step closer to driving Phoenix out of East Asia. If we lose, we may never again have an opportunity like this. Our brave men and women are fighting hard in Japan, and you should too! This is not about revenge, this about driving our enemies away from occupied territories they have held for too long.

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