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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...
American troops moving up the coast from the Buna area, which was overrun by Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's men on Jan. 2, captured the village of Tarakene, a mile and a half below Sanananda, on Sunday...
General MacArthur announced that the Buna area had been cleaned up. Between Buna and Gona a pocket of Jap jungle fighters remained on Sanananda Point, their number unknown, their lives a poor risk, even though victory in New Guinea is as elusive as Tojo's motionless...
...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...
Reports from the front were meagre but the Wednesday communique from Gen. MacArthur's main headquarters here indicated that the struggle for Sanananda, two and one-half miles up the coast from Allied-hold Buna, had begun...