Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 December 1942Vol. XIII, No. 5

Pacific

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Monthly

December 17, 1942

Vol. Xiii. No. 5.

Established 1930

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EIj'T 1C Kokoda, for 30 years a peaceful r Ij/vlj M\£jI U liilO little place in the Yodda Valley, In Papua, producing gold and rubber, has become a famous battlefield in World War II. It was taken by the Japanese, and recovered by the Australians on November 4 This photograph shows battle-scarred Australian troops standing by, while the Australian ensign is returned to its place on the Official flagpole. — Department of Information photo.

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