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Second World War Japanese Defences on Watom Island, Papua New Guinea

Peter PetcheyUniversity of OtagoDunedin, NewZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 29-51 | Published online: 26 Jul 2015

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Maps

  • Papua New Guinea, 1:2,450,000. Gregory’s Publishing Company, NSW.
  • Watom Island, 1:20,000 (1943) War Department, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army.

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