Owen Stanley
Americannoun
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Hagen told Stars and Stripes that Young and his great-uncle were flying around the Owen Stanley Mountain Range – which has peaks as high as 13,000 feet – the day their B-25, dubbed Algernon IV, went down.
From Fox News
He left a young widow, who, in her desolation, derived her chief comfort from the thought of joining her husband's eldest brother, Captain Owen Stanley, at Sydney, and returning to England in his ship, the Rattlesnake.
From Project Gutenberg
The Australians pushed on toward the gap at the top of the Owen Stanley Range.
From Time Magazine Archive
To tend its 7,000 natives, scattered through the rugged southern reaches of the Owen Stanley mountain range, Ambo often swam storm-swollen rivers in his shorts, was lucky to cover 20 miles in two days of tramping.
From Time Magazine Archive
By last fortnight, when some Japs pushed southward across the precipitous Owen Stanley Mountain Range, the Japanese were only 32 miles from vital Port Moresby.
From Time Magazine Archive
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