Detroit evening times., 1945-08-31
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His air chefan Kenney conferred with hm about the
attack panSnce no shipping was sSaaoe 20 On an :,
they attempted march The Owen Stanley rac Hhy not
s sag a an 'Ss"s s5Ss . s S e''' adopted the
Ksn".y located The Iend"s '''... great oah.,
: : tho" IS s , ' S%"s & s" and S'G.1 y sS:s
the maximum opportunity for '"'PT''e'
shoesng operation which chalenEed the imagna.
which promised the earliest possible victory
NIacARTHIR moved his headquarters Noresby
It. Gen Robert Eicheberg ace jungle combat ground conn
I'd Division which to sPearhead tho
handpicked.
Pacific perhaps the bombed target ever hed by me
Allies prior the launching of the Philippine, and ccr-
tany the mos, painful thorn IN n. de Of ,hc enemy N Even
again o fly against the enemy.
du" and dirt and man, ni'euoe' hseOsd o" too
unoadinsi it chaos and confusion, and somhOu,
''qnssy ordered There nothing ~a''d time equipment
For his field headquarters Macarthur selected rambling
structure on the shores Of frequently Morcsby
Only few top members Of his .'af kenney Sutherland
municauons were with the commander in chief
EVEN in More,by Mac Arthur refused to go underground dur
- ing enemy air attacks HI. n s,gu,e whom ksHn' pleaded
down there-"e might AL catch cold
Later however he admitted Nat III, canvas chair on he
as vansgc point besdes fams shrapncl no falling
shrapnel h vas interested IN observing The difference between
In so 'eeDat; a"oeL. ghds he uo' ~ Port "9,s,b,'
The auborne drive against began early morning.
threescoe Dolgla, troop transports roam
OF artromes Jackson and Wards "
Macarthur on hand TO see the takeoa and TO wave
Godspeed to the attacking force
Within 80 minutes word ndoed that the hr,t ehelon
had landed and were depoyng toward Buns within two hours
OF reinforcement stepped into high
boodess forging Of the north and south coasts Of New
Guinea had been achieved.
Put battle the .tn lay aheadhe task Of
ID airborne supply when weather frequently closed in for day
Once the invaders of Buna down to less than
raOns and Gen kenneys air transports tied bArng
could locate the yItally needed supplies
The Jap fought bitterly resisting The last hs FIRST real
Time again split-second decisions
sary the hurled more and of ms seemingly limit
forcement
Fo, n. ha,d6shtns but oq, pa,ty trained 52d oio'o"
desperate battle battle only he Japs but
gSan't outy ""yiedns Jungle against aio'o and against
But slowly as arborne artillery then tanks then flame
throvers rolled in impetus to the American battle lines
The Japs began falling Australian forces which
chased the enemy kokod trail back TO Buna pressed
vital help the American besegers the pboN defended
nut plantations.
great ingenuity and Imagination o,
extreme individual heroIsm
1T PRODUCED the one-man army of the late Capt Herman
Bocher produced the leaders o MacArthurs
campagns like EicheIberger Mai
Gen. Clarence Martin Mai Gen. Clovis Bycrs and others
divisions L. Sixth and Eighth
assigned to Macarthur. o. -
On pee 90 1872, Macarthur, proclaimed .a,osis-q
based the northern slopes Of the oUen S'a"sy ranss
month Later & T% oop"s % n.g up @ SSo so.ps
Whipped in the first step the road to
foe 5ad WsTsS and fG but % @ the ' % being
least his air forces held southeastern New Guinea
base could begin without danger japanese Interference
TOMORROW: surprise invasion that changed course