Defending the Driniumor

Defending the Driniumor
Defending the Driniumor: Covering Force Operations in New Guinea, 1944, Dr. Edward J. Drea [Leavenworth Papers No. 9]
In the lexicon of historians of World War II, "forgotten" has become a popular modifier. One reads of the forgotten front, forgotten soldiers, the forgotten army, and so on. The operations in New Guinea also qualify for the forgotten label. As James Jones wrote about those campaigns, "A year it had taken from Guadalcanal to Sansapor. And how many invasions? Fifteen? Almost all of them names people in the United States never heard of, and still haven't." The landings at Aitape and the subsequent Driniumor River campaign were two such names.