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WANIGELA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10-15. AMERICAN TROOPS OF 128TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 32ND UNITED STATES DIVISION, ON THE FIRST STAGE OF THE DIVISION'S MOVE ON BUNA. IT WAS PLANNED THAT THE DIVISION AND THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY WOULD MARCH TO PONGANI, A POINT ON THE WESTERN SHORE OF DYKE ACLAND BAY, ABOUT THIRTY MILES FROM BUNA, WHICH WAS KNOWN TO BE FREE OF JAPANESE. HOWEVER, THE HEAVILY LADEN AMERICAN TROOPS OF THE 3RD BATTALION, A DAY BEHIND THE AUSTRALIANS WHO WERE ACTING AS THE ADVANCE GUARD, WERE UNABLE TO GET THROUGH THE KNEE DEEP SWAMPS AND WERE EVENTUALLY MOVED BY SEA FROM GOBE. THE OTHER TWO BATTALIONS OF THE DIVISION WERE ALSO MOVED BY SEA, BUT ONLY THE 2/6TH INDEPENDENT COMPANY COMPLETED THE.
WANIGELA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. AMERICAN TROOPS OF 2ND BATTALION, 128TH UNITED STATES INFANTRY, EMBARKING ON LUGGERS BOUND FOR PONGANI DURING THE PRELIMINARY ALLIED MOVEMENT ON THE JAPANESE HELD BUNA-G
WANIGELA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. AMERICAN TROOPS OF 2ND BATTALION, 128TH UNITED STATES, INFANTRY EMBARKING ON LUGGERS BOUND PONGANI DURING THE PRELIMINARY ALLIED MOVEMENT ON THE JAPANESE HELD BUNA-GONA
BUNA-GONA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TROOPER M. HUGHES FROM THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY MOVES THROUGH THE JUNGLE FROM WANIGELA TO PONGANI DURING THE COMPANY'S ARDUOUS MARCH.
BUNA-GONA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TROOPER (TPR) M. HUGHES AND TPR DRUMMOND FROM THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COMPANY MOVE THROUGH THE JUNGLE FROM WANIGELA TO PONGANI DURING THE COMPANY'S ARDUOU
WANIGELA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-11. AMERICAN TROOPS OF 128TH REGIMENT, 32ND UNITED STATES DIVISION, CARRY OUT MAINTENANCE ON MEDIUM MACHINE GUNS ON THE BEACH. THE AMERICANS, UNDER COMMAND OF BRIGADIER GENE
BUNA-GONA AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1942-10. TROOPER PETER DANNE, (HE LATER BECAME CORPORAL AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION IN BALIKPAPAN, 1945-07-01) AND CORPORAL G. HOLMAN FROM THE 2/6TH AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT COM
