Word: torokina
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bill went to Bougainville with my battalion and went ashore in the thick of the Cape Torokina battle. I hope that some day the American public will realize what combat correspondents go through to bring them the news...
Scrambling ashore with the Marines on bloody Cape Torokina, a magnetic wire recorder (TIME, May 17) strapped to his back, Sergeant Maypole made the first recording of a U.S. landing on Jap-held shores. It will be heard by radio listeners when & if the Marines release it. From Marine Headquarters' accounts, the recording was of good quality, and the Sergeant acquitted himself well...
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