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Jungle battles near Munda airfield test US infantry grit
Sgt Orville Cummins of Spokane recalls mortar fire and brutal jungle fighting over 12 days as his A Company pushes from the Munda airfield line toward the sea. Hills named O'Brien and Christian honor fallen officers as ferocious combat erodes a reinforced Japanese force amid misdirected friendly fire and a tense counterattack sequence.
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Howie
Orville (Pappy) Cummins
Spokane
Wash
Munda Airfield
Cummins
O’brien
Robert M. O’brien
Everett
O’brien Hill
U. S
New Georgia