14-322 Garand Picture of the Day -32nd Inf Div Buna Mission

[Mark in Rochester]

Soldiers of Co. A, 127TH Inf., 32D Division, resting after the capture of a Japanese position at Buna Mission (a.k.a. Buna Government Station), New Guinea on 3 Jan. 1943. Men in foreground are examining an old bell; others hold a Japanese sword and flag.

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[Mark in Rochester]

Ruins of a corrugated shed at Buna Mission, pockmarked w. bullet holes from the battle between Allied and Japanese forces vying for control of the island.



Location:Buna, Papua New Guinea

Date taken:1943

Photographer:George Strock

[browningautorifle]

Now that's a lot of ammunition that made those holes...

[Bob Seijas]

You call that a stack?! LOL