• Buna–Gona and the Battle of Wau, the Japanese retreated to Lae and Salamaua. However, the SalamauaLae campaign involved many weeks of fierce fighting, before...
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    the SalamauaLae campaign. She served with distinction during the war, notably being damaged in early 1945 by a kamikaze aircraft during the Invasion of...
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    and names Parsee Point (Salamaua), the Markham, Rawlinson Ranges, and explores around the Markham mouth. The history of Lae township, according to Lucas...
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  • invasion of Lae-Salamaua, China Maru was damaged by SBD aircraft from the United States Navy aircraft carriers USS Lexington and USS Yorktown off Lae...
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  • 1942, while being unloaded off Salamaua, Yokohama Maru was attacked as part of the invasion fleet at Lae and Salamaua and was sunk at 07°01′S 147°07′E...
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    Guinea, replacing Rabaul. 1942 Japanese bomb Lae, Salamaua and Bulolo on 21 January. Japanese land in Lae on 8 March. 1942–1945 War arrives in New Guinea...
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    Papua New Guinea and all the shipping was anchored off the villages of Lae and Salamaua. The plan was changed to mount the attack from a position in the Gulf...
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    the Syria-Lebanon campaign in 1941, and the 17th Brigade during the SalamauaLae campaign in 1943 and the Aitape–Wewak campaign in 1944–1945. Murray John...
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  • merged with Pacific Aerial Transport. The airline began operations from Salamaua. The airline was one of many companies established to link the goldfields...
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  • and converted into a minesweeper. On 10 March 1942, during the invasion of Lae-Salamaua, Tama Maru No. 2 was damaged by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers...
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