Woodlark Island
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Woodlark Island, known to its inhabitants simply as Woodlark or Muyua, is the main island of the Woodlark Islands archipelago, located in Milne Bay Province and the Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea.
AS07-04-1609 (21 Oct. 1968) --- Woodlark Island in the Solomon Sea, east of New Guinea and northeast of Australia, as seen from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during its 158th revolution of Earth. Photographed from an altitude of 140 nautical miles, at ground elapsed time of 251 hours and 21 minutes.
Operation Chronicle
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Operation Chronicle was the Allied invasion of Woodlark and Kiriwina Islands, in the South West Pacific, during World War II. The operation was a subordinate action that formed part of the wider Opera
Woodlark Island
…produced 20,000 ounces of gold. Records show an estimated pre-World War II gold production, including alluvial sources, of about 220,000 ounces of gold. Operation Chronicle was the name given to the landing of the United States' 112th Cavalry Regiment on Woodlark Island and Kiriwina on June 30, 1943, during World War II…
American troops disembarking from an LCI
Operation Chronicle, 30 June 1943
Clearing on Kiriwina for an airfield