 720th |
January 1943 Battalion Time Line ~~~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~~~~~ |
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Southwest Pacific Theatre Of War ~ Australia & Papua, New Guinea |
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"You Can't Say No To A Soldier," was a popular song of the time. |
 Australian Duty Stations |
 Paupa Campaign |
2 January The allied operation to seize Buna/Sanananda, New Guinea, initiated on 18 November 1942, involved the U.S. 41st and 32nd Infantry Divisions and Australian forces. Buna, fell to the Allied forces after an early major setback and bloody fighting with high casualties on both sides. |
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| 22 January The same Allied forces involved in the Buna operation defeat the Japanese Army at Sanananda, New Guinea. 28 January LTC James L. Patterson was succeeded by LTC Arthur S. Bell as the Commanding Officer. |
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