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Bougainville Story Highlights War Oddities and Combat
Sgt Barrett McGurn recalls Bougainville battles with a mix of grim toil and comic moments. He chronicles Japanese forces, American units Americal and 37th Divisions, desertions of souvenirs amid intense fighting, and the brutal toll with vivid frontline scenes. Two GIs, Colvard and Britain, claim 20 to 30 Japs killed with BARs as mortars pound pillboxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bougainville
Shortlands
Choiseul
Buka
New Britain
New Ireland
Guadalcanal
37Th
New Georgia
Vella Lavella
Pacific
U. S
Augusta Bay
Solomons
Coffin Corners
Fissell Highway
Joe
Bloody Hill
Hill
U.S
Mone
Pfc
John W. Colvard
Tallahassee
Fla
John C. Britain
Paris
Til
Colward