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Pock marked Bert was cooking in a bucket, Knew his hide at any rate Pock marks on his thighs an biceps, Shot that day by a sniper, mate, Sniper chopped by Aussie Bren gun, Fell from palm in many pieces, Driven back by charging soldiers, Jonno’s mates were ‘ridge e didge’, Next day they drove off the Japanese, Checked the cooking pots for tucker, Fermenting rice, not much chop, Starving Jap’s, not any luckier, Two armies starved, no tucker, in these green mountains, grim, slaughter at point blank range, shoot first boy, or get done in, Evidence at the war crime hearing, Jonno and the Doctor gave, Several cases were reported, Of Kokoda’s missing brave’s. Don Johnson…true story…16-aug-11
This Aussie war in New Guinea, was concurrent with Gaudacanal's desperate U.S.fight with around 20,000 Japanese ...We only had 13,000 armed Japanese bent on coming over Kokoda mountains, and then on to Australia, they had the Japanese 10 shilling note occupation money in their pockets. The Japanese say they were ordered back over the mountains to Gona and Buna, it saves face hey. The reality was they were dying slowly from starvation, malaria 2 types, plus Dengue fever was killing many, and the 2500 fresh Aussie blooded veterans drove them back from Irobiawa mountain top with fixed bayonets. After a day or so of our 25 pounders blasting them. Time to leave.

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Date: 8/16/2011 6:54:00 PM
a blazing account from the hills of history, don.... awesome poetic style, don.. :) huggs
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Don Johnson
Date: 8/16/2011 7:01:00 PM
I know you guys had em over there too, Macarthur went and came back too, guerilla warfare worked for you, but war is awful torture, true, xo huggs babe, Don
Date: 8/16/2011 10:33:00 AM
another interesting read, you know your war history very well, thanks for sharing
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Date: 8/16/2011 7:52:00 AM
Interesting history lesson..Enjoyed reading this morn..Sara
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