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Cimmerian combat re-enactment operations are always conducted on the weekend of the third Saturday of each month, rain or shine.
Here are all upcoming Cimmerian OPs which have been declassified and are available for your review:
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Jul 2008
(ONE DAY OP)
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OP: DECK SCOUT
On 6 May, the 124th Infantry Regiment continued to move up Sayre Highway without the Talomo trail reconnaissance operation in full swing, and in doing so, it moved into its toughest fight of the Mindanao campaign. A Japanese battalion, ordered by Morozumi to delay the 124th at Maramag some thirty miles (50 km) south to ensure the regrouping of his 30th Division, did with such ferocity, that it took six days for the 124th to reach Maramag. The battle area from Talomo to Maramag was later renamed Colgan Woods by the troops in remembrance of Capt. Thomas A. Colgan, an Army chaplain who was killed during one of his repeated efforts to aid wounded soldiers in the line of fire. The battle was one of the many brutal struggles in the Pacific theater that never made any headlines.
Firing from dugout positions, from camouflaged spider holes with connecting tunnels, and from virtually invisible pillboxes, the defending Japanese chose to die in place rather than retreat. Banzai charges struck the 124th, fighting without supporting artillery, first on 7 May and then on the night of 14 May. The latter ended in a rout as American automatic weapons stopped the attackers, killing 73 Japanese, marking the end of the battle. In the fighting for Colgan Woods and Maramag, the 124th Infantry lost 69 men and 177 wounded.
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Aug 2008
(CAMPING OP)
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OP: SAVAGE RECOIL
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Sep 2008
(ONE DAY OP)
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OP: MARKET OUTPOST
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Oct 2008
(CAMPING OP)
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OP: EPHEMERAL SPECTRE 4
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Nov 2008
(ONE DAY OP)
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OP: LIGHTNING VISION
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Dec 2008
(ONE DAY OP)
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OP: CRESTED MOON
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Jan 2009
(ONE DAY OP)
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OP: DIAMOND CUTLASS
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