Location
Lat 0° 25' 0S Long 132° 10' 60E Mar is located on the north coast of New
Guinea on the Vogelkop Peninsula near Sansapor due east of Biak. In the middle of 1944, the U.S. Army built Sansapor Airfield (Mar Drome) near this location.
Wartime History
On July 30, 1944 at 7:01am the first wave of U.S. Army Task Force Typhoon (TF Typhoon)
lands near Mar without preparatory bombardment in order to attain surprise. 1st Inf of 6th Div, with 2d Bn on left, 1st in center, and 3d on right, lands without opposition. The left flank advances 800 yards inland to low hills and right flank advances 2,500 yards westward along coast to the mouth of the Wewe River.
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October 21, 2025
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