Americans Nearer To Biak Island ’Dromes
‘Rec. 2.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Dya. American forces on Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea, are approaching the cliffs dominating the approaches to the enemy-held airfields. Japanese troops are strongly entrenched on these heights. Air actions over the beach-head cost the Japanese five planes destroyed or probably destroyed. On the New Guinea mainland, abortive enemy counter-attacks against the Americans at Maffin Bay resulted in more than 100 Japanese being killed. Scattered patrol actions around Hollandia wiped out further enemy remnants. More than 400 were either killed, captured or found dead along the inland trails.,
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Northern Advocate, 7 June 1944, Page 5
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