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
Troops of the 32nd Infantry Division near Saidor.
Principal Operations in the South West Pacific, January 1943 – January 1944.
Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, Brigadier General Clarence A. Martin, and Brigadier Ronald Hopkins observe the landing at Saidor.
Saidor Operation, January 1944.
Battle of Sio
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The Battle of Sio, fought between December 1943 and March 1944, was the break-out and pursuit phase of General Douglas MacArthur's Huon Peninsula campaign, part of the New Guinea campaign of World War
Australian troops of B Company, 30th Infantry Battalion crossing a shallow creek between Weber Point and Malalamai. They have been advancing from Roinji over muddy swamps, Kunai grass and innumerable rivers to link up with American troops at Yagomai.
The Envelopment of the Huon Peninsula 1943–44
A PT boat patrols off New Guinea, 1943
A Matilda tank of A Squadron, 1st Tank Battalion, fires at a Japanese foxhole.