Gwin now became the target of Japanese guns.
Each of the groups was assigned a different island and no Japanese anti-aircraft guns or fighters were encountered.
Japanese guns swept the beaches and waters offshore with deadly accuracy.
Later during the night, machine gun fire from Japanese guns passed overhead.
In 1600 the Japanese guns were the best of the world.
When the troops commenced landing, Japanese guns opened up from caves on the rocky island.
Waller immediately served up a round of return fire at the Japanese guns which silenced one enemy battery.
The Japanese guns ceased fire but came alive again when another attempt was made to sweep the channel.
Japanese anti-aircraft guns shot down twelve American and two British aircraft.
Kim had recently acquired about 200 new arquebuses that were equal in strength to the Japanese guns.