Today marks the end of the Battle of Milne Bay: a turning point in the Pacific campaign.
"Lying across the [air]strip were dozens of dead Japs... As our officer crossed in the vanguard a Jap, apparently wounded, cried out for help. The officer walked over to aid him, and as he did the Jap sprang to life and hurled a grenade which wounded him in the face.
From then on the only good Jap was a dead one"
—Sergeant Arthur Traill, 2/12th Infantry Battalion
"Lying across the [air]strip were dozens of dead Japs... As our officer crossed in the vanguard a Jap, apparently wounded, cried out for help. The officer walked over to aid him, and as he did the Jap sprang to life and hurled a grenade which wounded him in the face.
From then on the only good Jap was a dead one"
—Sergeant Arthur Traill, 2/12th Infantry Battalion