Word: wewak
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...plane, swooped down toward a clearing and made a smooth touchdown on another makeshift airfield. There to greet him were the local priest, a handful of native sisters, and hordes of near-naked natives. The pilot: lean, sandy-haired Bishop Leo Arkfeld, 47, Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic of the Wewak Vicariate, a 20,100-sq.-mi. area (more than twice the size of New Jersey) in Australia's hot, humid New Guinea territory...
...Airman Arkfeld, this trip from the coastal town of Wewak to one of the vicariate's 38 inland stations was routine; he logs an average of 30 flights a week, carries such diverse cargo as day-old chicks, bull calves, building material, engine parts, Australian beer, food, nuns, priests and mission helpers. Now and then he flies armed patrols, native cops or doctors to trouble spots, and he is always available to transport the sick or injured to the nearest hospital. Furthermore, says he, by plane "I am able to make many of my confirmation trips with less effort...
...Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea. Since the Japs had conveniently parked 340 planes, wingtip to wingtip, to be destroyed days before, mainly by General Kenney's Fifth Air Force, there was no air resistance. Bare of fighting forces, since the local Japanese commander expected to be attacked at Wewak, Hollandia proved to be a giveaway. Counterattacking Jap forces at Aitape were slaughtered, and MacArthur pushed west to Wakde and Biak...
...Manchuria and China surrender came rapidly: even on remote Bougainville (in the Solomons) and Wewak (New Guinea), there was less delay in dealings between field commanders than between the two supreme headquarters...
...Wewak sector of New Guinea, 6th Division troops last week finally managed to breast the Prince Alexander Ranges, take a village and an important track (i.e., trail) junction. But progress promised to be slower now: behind imposing fortifications, the opposition of perhaps 70,000 remaining New Guinea Japs stiffened sharply...