Sexton recalls Lieutenant Colonel Shapley’s assessment of the night’s fighting: “If the Japanese had been able to recapture Hill 40, they could have kicked our asses off the Agat beaches.
Just in case of enemy air attack, the beach defenses from Agatto Bangi Point were manned by the 9th Defense Battalion.
The loss of so many amtracs as the assault waves neared the beaches meant that, later in the day, there would not be enough LVTs for the transfer of all supplies and men from boats to amtracs at the Agat reef.
The Japanese Agat command had prepared its defenses well with thick-walled bunkers and smaller pillboxes.
Anthony, USMC ] Orote The 22d Marines had driven up the coast from Agat in a series of hard-fought clashes with stubborn enemy defenders.
Illustration: Laden amphibious tractors carry troops of the 22d Marines in the assault wave to Yellow Beaches 1 and 2 south of Agat in the Southern Sector.
The whole country is under the government of the Pasha of Damascus, who generally sends a governor to Mezareib, intituled Agat el Haouran.
The Druses are not under the control of the Agat el Haouran, but correspond directly with the Pasha.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "agat" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
