We are lucky enough to have Jack with us, a U.S. veteran who stayed in Hollandia in 1944 .
This area is widely unknown, but it's liberation from the Japanese in 1944 was a major step towards the Liberation of the Pacific area. This Dutch New Guinea colony had farmland that took care of some of the food for over 500.000 U.S. soldiers who fought Japan and was a major logistic platform for the liberation of the Philipines. Natives often volunteered as medics too.
More here:
Western New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nowadays Hollandia is part of Indonesia and is called Jayapura.

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