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'''New Jerusalem''' was a large human colony world in the [[Cygnus system]].<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page ??''</ref> The city of [[Mount Haven]] was located on the colony.<ref name="dirt">'''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe]]''', "[[Dirt]]"</ref><ref group="note">It has been confirmed in a comment by [[Tobias Buckell]] [http://goingrampant.blogspot.com/2010/03/examination-of-female-characters-part-3.html here] that the rookie in ''Dirt'' is the same character as The Rookie from ''Halo 3: ODST''. Thus, the battle depicted in the story has to be the Battle of New Jerusalem, as it was the last battle in which The Rookie participated before the [[Battle of Earth]].</ref> It was discovered by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] late in the [[Human-Covenant War]] and was known to be defended by the [[26th Marine Expeditionary Force]], who suffered 'near annihilation' in the [[Battle of New Jerusalem]]. Following the battle, the UNSC forces retreated from the planet, leaving it to be [[Glassing|glassed]] by the Covenant.<ref name="dirt"/> [[The Rookie]] fought at New Jerusalem as part of the [[26th Marine Expeditionary Force]], before transferring to his [[Unnamed Shock Trooper Squad|current unit]].<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/projects/odst/guide.aspx '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo 3: ODST Field Guide - The Rookie'']</ref>

New Jerusalem is named after the city of [[Wikipedia:Jerusalem|Jerusalem]] in Israel, located on [[Earth]].

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