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Military "camp" newspaper from "somewhere in Netherlands East Indies"...
Military "camp" newspaper from "somewhere in Netherlands East Indies"...
Item # 697607
January 27, 1945
RIMBA POST, printed: "Somewhere In Netherlands East Indies" as noted in the masthead, Jan. 27, 1945
* Rare military title from a remote island
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: "Beginning Of The End--Moscow" "Clark Field Soon In Shape" with more. Measures 8 by 13 inches, single sheet, good condition.
Category: World War II
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