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Japanese Suicide Attacks...
Military newspaper printed in the jungles of New Guinea...
Japanese Suicide Attacks...
Military newspaper printed in the jungles of New Guinea...
Item # 676508
May 23, 1945
GUINEA GOLD, "Australian Edition", May 23, 1945 The front page banner headline reads: "Chinese Launch Offensive In South To Sever Jap Supply Lines" with various subheads. The back page has: "Jap Suicide Attacks Fail To Loosen Okinawa Grip", with more. See images for details.
These were the closing moments of WW2 - the gap between V-E Day and V-J Day.
An uncommon title, 10 by 11 1/4 inches, a few minor margin wrinkles/tears, good condition.
Background: On November 19, 1942, Australian and US troops fighting Japanese invaders in the New Guinea jungle during World War II read the first issue of "Guinea Gold", a unique four-page Australian army newspaper which day after day thereafter published a record number of world scoops. It was able to do so because US General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the South-West Pacific, gave it permission to publish his communiqués 20 hours before the release time for the rest of the world's media.
New Guinea was the only war zone where the United States armed forces did not produce their own newspaper, Stars and Stripes. With separate American and Australian editions, Guinea Gold fully met their needs. From that first edition in 1942 until the presses rolled to a stop on June 30, 1946, with the enviable record of 1,320 days of continuous publication, "Guinea Gold" daily brought to the news-hungry men of the Australian and American forces serving in the steaming jungle, topics of interest to allay their boredom and boost their morale.
Category: World War II
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