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Newspaper
Yank
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1942
Page
2
Yank Special Correspondence describes life in New Caledonia against the Coral Sea front. Soldiers wait for action, watch for enemy moves, and endure canned rations, mail from home, and rare leisure such as movies. They note a clipping from the New York Times boosting morale and mock enemy broadcasts.
United States troops, including African American units, land at Port Moresby in New Guinea to build bases and airfields for bombing Japanese positions. The jungle island, coexisting with a dense native population, sits under General Douglas MacArthur. The Japanese previously seized the northern coast during their Singapore and Java drive, aided by remnants of prewar German missionaries.
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