Rabaul
Americannoun
noun
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Capt Turner said residents of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea - a strategic hub captured by the Japanese in 1942 - still felt their connection to the Montevideo Maru disaster "very strongly today".
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2023
They were to escort 23 dive bombers and 18 torpedo planes on a strike on the big Japanese base at Rabaul, on the island of New Britain, in the South Pacific.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2019
“We felt the earthquake a bit, but it was not too strong,” constable Roy Michael told Reuters by phone from Rabaul police station.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 10, 2018
He added that the quake was also felt in the township of Rabaul.
From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 2018
On Hawaii, I heard some of what had happened in the campaign to take the far end of New Britain Island so that Rabaul could be under attack from both sides.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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