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loved repeating of how he'd gone back to Australia for a week, and MacArthur had stolen his house, claiming it was cooler at night than his own. A week later the Monsoon winds shifted, making MacArthurs' old house now the cooler— and he never asked for Kenney to switch back.
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established air bases there as the Allied counter-offensive against Japan picked up the pace and continued operations to isolate the major Japanese base at
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Buna was the site of a handful of houses, a dozen or so native huts, and an airfield acting as a trailhead up the Kokoda Track to the foothills village of
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An Australian soldier is aided by a Papuan orderly near Buna in December 1942.
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The memorial plaque at the entrance to Buna Village, dedicated to
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relates a story how Allied commanding air officer Lt. General
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invaded on 21–22 July 1942 and established it as a base (see
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The memorial plaque at the entrance to Buna Village, dedicated to Herman Bottcher and the 32nd Red Arrow Division Infantry Division.
Herman Bottcher
32nd Red Arrow Division Infantry Division
Buna is located in Papua New Guinea
8°40′S 148°24′E / 8.667°S 148.400°E / -8.667; 148.400
Papua New Guinea
Province
Oro
Time zone
UTC+10
AEST
Oro Province
Papua New Guinea
Battle of Buna–Gona
World War II
Kokoda Track
Kokoda
Kokoda
Kokoda Track campaign

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