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Military "camp" newspaper from the South Pacific...
Military "camp" newspaper from the South Pacific...
Item # 686336
August 10, 1945
RIMBA POST, , N.E.I. (Netherlands East Antilies), Army Daily, Aug. 10, 1945
* Rare military title from a remote island
* Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan
* World War II coming to an end
This was actually printed on the Island of Biak. Biak is a small island located just northwest of New Guinea. During World War II it was a strategic airfield of the Japanese Army serving as a base for operations in the Pacific theater. American forces eventually captured the island during the Battle of Biak in June of 1944. This newspaper was begun shortly after the American takeover and looks much like other crude, typewriter-set, small-size "camp" newspapers from World War II done on a mimeograph machine.
The front page has: "Atomic Bomb On Nagasaki" (see) Nice to have this historic report in a military publication.
Measures 8 by 10 1/2 inches, single sheet, nice condition.
Category: World War II
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