Battle of Munda Point
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The Battle of Munda Point was a battle in World War II between American and Japanese forces from 2 July to 5 August 1943 during the New Georgia campaign in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific War. The
U.S. Army soldiers attack Japanese fortifications with flamethrowers on or around 1 August 1943 during the battle for the airfield.
The New Georgia group of islands
The airfield at Munda Point
A US soldier inspects a Japanese pillbox
Rodger Young
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Rodger Wilton Young was a United States Army infantryman from Ohio during World War II. Born in the small town of Tiffin, Ohio, in 1918, Young suffered a sports injury in high school that led to his b
Battle of Munda Point
…Point: First Lieutenant Robert S. Scott (172nd Infantry Regiment), Private First Class Frank J. Petrarca (145th Infantry Regiment, medic), and Private Rodger W. Young (148th Infantry Regiment). Hammel, Eric M. (1999). Munda Trail: The New Georgia Campaign, June-August 1943. Pacifica Press. ISBN 0-935553-38-X…
Young as a sergeant
Army Medal of Honor