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A black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a body of water. Office of War Information Photograph

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. On the beach of Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the bodies of slain Japanese soldiers lie a few steps from their shattered landing boat. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. Two American soldiers fire into a Japanese dugout before entering it for inspection during the Allied offensive that ended with the capture of Buna Mission, last Japanese point of resistence in the Papuan Peninsula. The Japanese suffered severe losses before their complete defeat in fighting that began with their drive toward Port Moresby on the Southern coast of New Guinea

An old photo of a man with a rifle. Office of War Information Photograph

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. A 37 mm. gun crew, part of a U.S. Army tank force in New Guinea, fires at an objective at Buna Mission. Empty shells, heaped hurriedly in the foreground, indicate intensity of fire. The action resulted in the complete rout of the foe with heavy losses as the American and Australian troops drove the Japanese from their last stronghold in Papua

A black and white photo of a group of soldiers. Office of War Information Photograph

A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the body of a slain Japanese soldiers gives mute evidence of the defeat of the enemy. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces

A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the body of a slain Japanese soldiers gives mute evidence of the defeat of the enemy. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. Palm trees and branches lie strewn on the shell-churned soil of Buna Village, New Guinea, in the wake of the Japanese retreat before U.S. and Australian forces. The Japs were completely routed here with heavy losses

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01/01/1943
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