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Operation Squarepeg - The Allied Invasion of the Green Islands, February 1944 (Paperback)
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Operation Squarepeg - The Allied Invasion of the Green Islands, February 1944 (Paperback)
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In late January 1944 a force of New Zealand soldiers and Allied
specialists undertook a daring, behind the lines reconnaissance of
the Japanese-held Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. The Japanese
contested the invasion with air power and inflicted heavy damage on
the American cruiser USS St. Louis. After a successful landing, the
New Zealanders pushed inland and encountered fanatical Japanese
defenders entrenched in thick jungle. After the island was secured,
Allied engineers - including the famed Seabees - built airfields,
roads and shipping facilities. The seizure of the Green Islands
completed the encirclement of the main Japanese base in the South
Pacific at Rabaul. A memorable but overlooked action of the Pacific
War, ""Operation Squarepeg"" involved a diverse force of Allied
sailors, soldiers and airmen that included Charles Lindbergh and
future president of the United States Richard Milhouse Nixon.
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