U.S. MEN ATTACKED

Grey River Argus, 17 July 1943, Page 3

U.S. MEN ATTACKED

BY

WOODLARK ANTS.

•f a [Special to N'.Z. Press Assn.] (Rec. 6.30.) SYDNEY, July 16. Four days after they landed on Woodlark 'island, American forces hacked ten miles of tracks through the jungle and completed hundreds of defensive positions. Diving quarters were set up for thousands of men. Ravenous insect life on the island is the main cause of discomfort to the occupation troops,. [ “Red ants climb inside your

clothes and nip you,” said an officer who has just returned from Woodlark. “They are more hated than deadly vipers. Scorpions there are three inches long, with nippers like lobsters.”