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GIRUA RIVER, NEW GUINEA - The Girua River flows sluggishly
north from the Owen Stanley Ranges through level plains, and then breaks
into several branches which enter the sea through swamps and wetlands
stretching the several miles between Buna and Sanandana Point. The
Japanese line near Buna had been, in its way, a masterpiece. It had
forced the 32nd Infantry Division to attack the Japanese where they were
the strongest. The 32nd and the Australian 7th Division were to attack
abreast, the 32nd on the right. The boundary between the divisions was
to be the Girua River, near Oro Bay. By the time this photograph was
taken, the men of the 503d were more likely classified as 'tourists.'
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