The battle of Buna–Gona was part of the New Guinea campaign in the Pacific theatre during World War II. It followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track...
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The battle of Buna–Gona was part of the New Guinea campaign in the Pacific theatre during World War II. It followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track...
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The battle of Buna–Gona was part of the New Guinea campaign in the Pacific theatre during World War II. It followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track...
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Buna is a village in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. It was the site in part, of the Battle of Buna–Gona during World War II, when it constituted a variety...
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The invasion of Buna–Gona, called Operation RI by the Japanese, was a military operation by Imperial Japanese forces to occupy the Buna–Gona area in the...
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Robert L. Eichelberger (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
troops in the bloody Battle of Buna–Gona. In 1944, he had notable victories at Hollandia and the Battle of Biak. As Commanding General of the newly formed...
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1st Mountain Battery (Australia) (category Artillery units and formations of Australia)
Second World War, seeing action against the Japanese during the Battle of Buna–Gona and the Salamaua–Lae campaign in 1942–43. The unit was added to the...
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126th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Infantry regiments of the United States Army National Guard)
extremely difficult Battle of Buna-Gona. The unit was decimated by the battle. The 126th Infantry was the hardest-hit of the three regiments of the 32nd Infantry...
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George Strock (section Picture of dead GIs)
World War II when he took a picture of three American soldiers who were killed during the Battle of Buna-Gona on the Buna beach. It became the first photograph...
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Herman Bottcher (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
after the Medal of Honor, for conspicuous bravery and leadership on the field of battle during two separate actions at the Battle of Buna–Gona. Lieutenant...
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Richard Bong (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
Mitsubishi A6M "Zero", and a Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" over Buna (during the Battle of Buna-Gona). For this action, Bong was awarded the Silver Star. Bong...
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known as the Gona wreck. Gona was recaptured by the Australian Army during the battle of Buna-Gona on 9 December 1942. Invasion of Buna–Gona William Manchester...
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Clovis E. Byers (category Honorary Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
War II and in the occupation of Japan. He was wounded while leading American troops from the front at the Battle of Buna-Gona, and also played an important...
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The Battle of Oivi–Gorari (4–11 November 1942) was the final major battle of the Kokoda Track campaign before the Battle of Buna–Gona. Following the capture...
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Yoshitatsu Yasuda (section Battle at Buna and death)
exception of the vice commander who escaped as ordered, the unit was nearly wiped out. The battle at Buna is described as one of the fiercest battles in the...
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Invasion of Buna-Gona, July 1942 Kokoda Track campaign, July–November 1942 Battle of Kokoda Battle of Isurava, August 1942 First Battle of Eora Creek –...
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check the Allied advances. Reviewing the progress of the Battle of Guadalcanal and the Battle of Buna–Gona in December 1942, the Japanese faced the prospect...
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Kokoda Track campaign (redirect from Battle of Kokoda trail)
beachheads near Gona and Buna on 21 July 1942. Opposed by Maroubra Force, then consisting of four platoons of the 39th Battalion and elements of the Papuan...
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2/6th Armoured Regiment (Australia) (category Armoured and cavalry regiments of the Australian Army)
armoured regiment of the Australian Army that served during World War II. Raised in 1941 the Regiment took part in the Battle of Buna–Gona in 1942–43, however...
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bitter Battle of Buna-Gona followed in which Australian and United States forces attacked the main Japanese beachheads in New Guinea, at Buna, Sanananda...
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Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels (category Wikipedia neutral point of view disputes from September 2019)
invasion, the Japanese had built up a force of 13,500 in the Gona region of Papua with the intention of invading Port Moresby. The key to the offensive was an...
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Battle of Buna-Gona 1943-01-28 – 1943-01-30 Battle of Wau 1943-03-02 – 1943-03-04 Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943-06-29 – 1943-09-16 Battle of Lae 1943-06-30...
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Albert W. Waldron (category Graduates of the United States Military Academy Class of 1915)
Major General Edwin F. Harding as the commander of the 32nd Infantry Division during the Battle of Buna–Gona and was wounded in the shoulder on 5 December...
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Lae (section University of Technology)
the Battle of Buna–Gona and the Battle of Wau, the Japanese retreated to Lae and Salamaua. However, the Salamaua–Lae campaign involved many weeks of fierce...
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sent to take part in the Battle of Buna–Gona in New Guinea. It was withdrawn to Rabaul, and then Japan, in June 1943. Elements of the brigade were converted...
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to the east of Buna, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The area was the scene of fierce fighting the last stages of the battle of Buna–Gona during World...
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Douglas MacArthur (redirect from General of the Army Douglas MacArthur)
and they were tired and depleted from the fighting at the Battle of Buna–Gona and the Battle of Guadalcanal. As a result, "it became obvious that any military...
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personnel. Major battles included the Battle of Kokoda Trail, Battle of Buna-Gona and Battle of Milne Bay. The offensives in Papua and New Guinea of 1943–44 were...
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participated in the Battle of Milne Bay and Battle of Buna–Gona. The main land-based unit to operate D3A dive bombers during these campaigns and battles was the 2nd/582nd...
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Guadalcanal,[citation needed] its 3rd Battalion fought in the Battle of Buna–Gona in Territory of Papua from November 1942 to January 1943, where it was destroyed...
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