history · 22 July 1942 · 83 years ago
American B-17, B-25, and B-26 bombers attacked Japanese shipping off Buna, New Guinea, damaging transport Ayatosan Maru and killing 16 men aboard destroyer Uzuki. After dark, Australian Lieutenant John Chalk led a small contingent of natives in small engagements with Japanese soldiers before falling back.
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