6-20-18 Garand Picture of the Day - Landing At Saidor

[Mark in Rochester]

Landing At Saidor


Date taken: January 1944

Photographer: Myron Davis

The Landing at Saidor (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 hands, Saidor was a stepping stone towards Madang, the ultimate objective of General Douglas MacArthur's Huon Peninsula campaign. The capture of the airstrip at Saidor also allowed construction of an airbase to assist Allied air forces to conduct operations against Japanese bases at Wewak and Hollandia

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[browningautorifle]

The airstrip at Saidor is still just a single dirt strip...not much to see.

[Mark in Rochester]