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...MacARTHUR's HEADQUARTERS, Australia--Allied troops closed from three sides today on Sanananda Point, last Japanese foothold in the Papuan area of New Guinea, as remnants of an enemy convey which was battered for three days at Lae were reported fleeing north-eastward...
...MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia--Allied troops closed in today on Sanananda, last Japanese stronghold in the Papuan area of New Guinea, as Allied planes subjected enemy bases to some of the heaviest bombings...
Maybe some of the lucky ones will get Christmas hampers dropped from transport planes. Already neatly wrapped packages are arriving-some bearing the names and unit numbers of youngsters now buried in the warm Papuan earth...
...desire to finish the job with a strong force still in hand. The Australians want to get the job over. The majority of Australian objectives have been gained with bayonet charges. Both methods are achieving their purpose, and the slow grip of strangulation tightens round Japan's last Papuan garrison. It is a tougher fight than anyone expected, and it is a longer job. The soldiers, American and Australian, now know they are not playing for marbles...
Curious soldiers clustered on a New Guinea riverbank. As the late afternoon sunlight slanted through coconut-palm fronds, a raft drifted around the river bend. Small frizzled-haired Papuan natives guided it slowly to shore. Heedless of cries of "Don't bother, we'll get it for you" from the soldiers on the bank, four Australian soldiers aboard the raft slowly gathered up possessions that only a soldier can truly treasure-firearms, rain capes, a few battered odds & ends. As they turned their sunken eyes shoreward, the shouting and chatter of the spectators ceased. The crowd parted...