The twin announcements were made on May 31, 2024 during a live event broadcast from Papua New Guinea. The famous ... We're thrilled our shared World War II history bridged two towns on opposite ...

Locals in Papua New Guinea found the SBD Dauntless, a World War II plane, in the jungle last month, according to SWNS, the British news service. The plane, which went down on Jan. 14, 1944 ...

“The legacy of America's First Corps in the Pacific campaign, starting with land operations in New Guinea, serve as a pivotal turning point in World War II, akin to the significance of the D-Day ...

Between 1942 and 1944, U.S. Army engineer Lieutenant Ken Gerrish recorded daily life in Australia and New Guinea on 16 mm film (map). After World War II, Mr. Gerrish recorded narration for the ...

He was killed during World War II after his aircraft crashed into the water off Papua New Guinea. At the time, searchers ...

Sheppick, 26, of Roscoe, Pennsylvania, was killed during World War II after the aircraft he was on crashed into the water off the coast of present-day Papua New Guinea. Sheppick was accounted for ...

Hamwey, 24, of Jacksonville, Florida, killed during World War II, was accounted for on May ... and deployed in present day Papua New Guinea. As part of an attempt to neutralize the Japanese ...

Hamwey, killed during World War II, has been accounted for ... and deployed in present day Papua New Guinea, the DPAA said in a news release. He was fighting Japanese forces near Wewak, Territory ...

This 1943 photo shows 10 of the 11 members of the crew of the World War II B-24 bomber, Heaven Can Wait, that went down in the waters of Hansa Bay, Papua New Guinea in 1944, including Staff Sgt ...

A US Marine Corps aircraft has landed on a rebuilt runway on a World War II-era Japanese airfield on ... a bilateral defense agreement with Papua New Guinea and reopened an embassy in the Solomon ...