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Arawe Peninsula landings show steady beachhead gains and fierce counterattacks
In New Britain’s Arawe Peninsula the Fourth Infantry and Fifth Air Force supported a four wave landings with minimal opposition, then faced a week of continuous bombing, night raids, and jungle combat. GIs and amphibian engineers built defenses while fighters and ack ack repelled Japanese air incursions, leaving a secure beachhead manned by U.S. troops and LCV crews amid constant danger from barges and snipers, including a notable hillside standoff with a camouflaged enemy barge and a recurring Yoohoo sniper.
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Coconut Grove
Val
U.S
Pvt
Lorenzo Duarte
Barstow
Calif
Duarte
Arawe
Arawe Lupin
Pulie
Sixth Army
New Britain
Fifth Air Force
Oakley Askers
Dallas
Tex
J. Edward Coleman
Baltimore
William Anthony
Coleman
Carl Pyles
New Martinsville
W. Va
Clarence Stiffler
Pfc
Joseph Santarsiero
Trenton
N. J
Lynn Meserole
New Orleans
Miguel Lavado
Rye
N. Y
Henry Dolan
Milton
Mass
Meserole
T-5
Carl Thoden
Union City