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The Harlem News
Harlem, Blaine County, Montana
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Allied American and Australian forces captured Sanananda Point and Village in Papua, New Guinea, eliminating Japan's last stronghold there. Remaining Japanese troops isolated; Allied bombers sank a Japanese cargo ship in the Bismarck Sea and hit installations.
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Victory in Papua
Climaxing a series of attacking movements by American and Australian infantry units, Allied ground forces captured Sanananda Point and Sanananda Village on the northeastern coast of New Guinea.
The capture of Sanananda Point—between previously captured Gona and Buna—took the last remaining strong Japanese point in that area. The remaining Japs were left in pockets about a mile west of Sanananda, faced with nothing more than suicide action.
Aerial action saw Allied bombers sink an 8,000-ton Japanese cargo ship in the Bismarck sea and blast enemy airports and installations over a wide area of the Southwest Pacific.
Jap forces were cut into bits by Australian and American patrols reaching almost every corner of the swampy area. Japan's last remaining strength in Papua had been decimated. Enemy outposts were little more than handfuls of troops, waiting an almost certain end.
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New Guinea
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allied forces captured sanananda point and sanananda village, eliminating the last remaining strong japanese point in the area; remaining japanese forces left in pockets facing suicide action; japan's last strength in papua decimated; allied bombers sank an 8,000-ton japanese cargo ship in the bismarck sea.
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American and Australian infantry units captured Sanananda Point and Village on the northeastern coast of New Guinea, climaxing a series of attacking movements. The capture took the last remaining strong Japanese point between Gona and Buna. Japanese forces were cut into bits by patrols in the swampy area, with enemy outposts reduced to handfuls of troops. Aerial action included Allied bombers sinking a Japanese cargo ship and blasting enemy airports and installations in the Southwest Pacific.