Clarence A. Martin
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Clarence Ames Martin was a highly decorated officer in the United States Army with the rank of major general. A veteran of World War I, he distinguished himself as a company commander in France and he
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Martin (center) observes the landing at Saidor with Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, and Brigadier Ronald Hopkins.
Martin (center) with his division commander, MG William H. Gill (right) and Division Artillery commander BG Robert B. McBride during the field briefing at New Guinea in summer of 1944.
Landing at Saidor
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The landing at Saidor, codenamed Operation Michaelmas, was an Allied amphibious landing at Saidor, Papua New Guinea on 2 January 1944 as part of Operation Dexterity during World War II. In Allied hand
Clarence A. Martin
…Milne Bay and Goodenough Island until January 1944, when it received orders to deploy in the mainland of New Guinea. Its goal was to take part in the landing at Saidor, a village on the north coast of Papua New Guinea. The division was selected by General MacArthur and Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, commanding…
Troops of the 32nd Infantry Division near Saidor.
Principal Operations in the South West Pacific, January 1943 – January 1944.
Saidor Operation, January 1944.