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They met the Jap near Kokoda (where there is a usable airdrome) and stopped him. The enemy seemed confused at the kind of opposition he got. He came in force upon one small Allied patrol, saw it melt into the jungle before he could fire a shot. The little infantrymen fanned out and sprayed the underbrush with tommy-gun fire. They shouted: "You come, you come." But the patrol did not come. It pulled out without losing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF AUSTRALIA: Pause at Kokoda | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

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