Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, July 23 – 29, 1942

July 23, 1942: Japanese troops move up Kokoda trail and clash with Australian forces

July 24, 1942: Lieutenant Colonel William T. Owen, commander of Australian Army’s 39th Battalion, flies to Kokoda village, New Guinea, which is in immediate danger of being overrun by the Japanese

July 25, 1942: US Admiral John S. McCain issues orders for Naval air force to take part in upcoming Solomons campaign

July 26, 1942: General Millard Harmon, center, takes tactical command of US Army forces in South Pacific

July 27, 1942: Australian troops are pushed back along New Guinea’s Kokoda trail after fighting at Oivi

July 28, 1942: Japanese Army wraps up lengthy and murderous military campaign in China’s Zhejiang province, waged in retaliation of the Doolittle Raid

July 29, 1942: US General Joseph Stilwell calls for recapture of Burma through simultaneous attacks from China and India

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