It followed the conclusion of the Kokoda Track campaign and lasted from 16 November 1942 until 22 January 1943. The battle was fought by Australian and United States forces against the Japanese beachheads at Buna, Sanananda and Gona. From these, the Japanese had launched an overland attack on Port Moresby.

2014年10月31日 · Here, LIFE.com recalls one of those pivotal battles, the Battle of Buna-Gona, through pictures made by the master photojournalist George Strock —including one of the most famous and influential...

2021年9月8日 · It showed the bodies of three American soldiers who had been killed on Buna Beach in New Guinea. Though none of the men were recognizable, the photo was arresting in its stark depiction of the stillness of the death and then shocking when it became clear on second glance that maggots had claimed the body of one of the soldiers faced down on the ...

Buna beach is located in the Black Sea and ranks the 65th among 83 beaches of the Burgas region. The distance to its main city - Burgas is 29 km. The nearest locality is Nesebar, the centre of which is 1.9 km away. The length of the Buna beach …

2024年2月5日 · In this iconic photo by LIFE photographer George Strock, three Americans lie dead after they were ambushed by Japanese soldiers. Note Japanese landing craft and maggots on the corpse closest to the camera. The American advance on Buna was marked by green United States troops failing to advance against the Japanese.

George Strock (July 3, 1911 – August 23, 1977) was a photojournalist during World War II when he took a picture of three American soldiers who were killed during the Battle of Buna-Gona on the Buna beach. It became the first photograph to depict dead American troops on the battlefield to be published during World War II.

2019年9月13日 · Japanese soldiers lie on the beach near Buna Government Station in January 1943, their wrecked landing vessel in the background. One lieutenant general in particular was behind the U.S. Army’s successful capture of Buna.

2013年10月18日 · Here, LIFE.com recalls one of those pivotal battles, the Battle of Buna-Gona, through pictures made by the master photojournalist George Strock — including one of the most famous and influential...

2015年5月17日 · Where: Buna Beach, New Guinea (Now Papua New Guinea) Photo Summary: Three American bodies lying dead in the sand next to destroyed landing craft Picture Taken: December 31, 1942 First published September 20, 1943 in LIFE. The Battle of Buna-Gona was a grueling campaign to stop the Japanese advance across New Guinea. After months of difficult ...

Three dead Americans lie on the beach at Buna, New Guinea, after the Battle of Buna Gona in January, 1943. The picture had been held up in Washington and has just been released under the new ruling of showing American dead.