Word: tanahamera
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...Hollandia there were crated Japanese airplane engines, heavy guns, trucks, tractors, a radio station, ammunition dumps, medical supplies, food - including beer, wine, French champagne, British marmalade. But there were few, if any, Japs. The strong American forces which had landed at Tanahamera and Humboldt Bays pushed rapidly inland this week, spearheaded by road-building bulldozers...
...General's statement appeared in a communique announcing that Allied troops had made another landing on the coast of New Guinea, for which MacArthur has been fighting 18 months. But the three-pronged landing (at Hollandia, Aitape and Tanahamera Bay) appeared more important than the early captures of Buna, Lae, Salamaua and other key points on the tortuous New Guinea coast...
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