Milne |
Bay Area |
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Farthest south
Japanese assault. Allied airfields |
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Present day town, war memorial |
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Battle and Japanese tanks abandoned. |
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Western end of Milne Bay, No. 1 Strip (Gurney) |
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Gili Gili dock and No. 3 Strip (Turnbull) airfield. |
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Inland village, No. 2 Strip |
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Southern edge of Milne Bay US Navy Supply Depot |
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Southern edge of Milne Bay, PT Boat Base Six |
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Southern edge Milne Bay, Discovery Bay |
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Located inland from Milne Bay souther coast |
Milne Bay |
Off Shore Islands |
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Prewar colonial goverment station,
seaplane base |
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Island near Samarai |
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Site of farthest south
Japanese assault |
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Reef south-east of Milne Bay |
Cape |
Vogel |
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mission at Cape Vogel |
Louisiade |
Archipelago |
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Archipelago
at center of the Battle of the Coral Sea |
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Archipelago
at center of the Battle of the Coral Sea |
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Unidentified
aircraft wreck |
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Louisiade Archipelago, eastern most island |
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Japanese
sea plane base during Coral Sea Battle |
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Island
in the center of the Battle of the Coral Sea |
D'Entrecasteaux |
Island Group |
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Used
by the Allied warships |
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Island with several MIA aircraft wrecks |
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USN
PT-Boat base and RAAF Beaufort MIA discovery |
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One
of the first Allied bases in island hopping |
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Japanese caught, developed into an Allied base |
Trobriand |
Island Group |
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An
important allied bomber base. |
South |
Coast |
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Located to the south-east of
Milne Bay |
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Located 80
miles from Miline Bay |
Amphlett |
Island Group |
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Island group to the north of Fergusson Island. |
