Lex Anteinternet: Battle of Buna-Gona

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Monday, January 2, 2023

Saturday, January 2, 1943. Horse Meat Won't Hurt, Beachead at Buna-Gona.

Basketball game, Colorado River Relocation Center, Poston, Arizona, 1/2/43.

American and Australian forces captured the beachhead at Buna in the Battle of Buna-Gona, New Guinea.

Gen. Eichelberger was under orders from MacArthur to "Take Buna, or don't come back alive".

The Saturday Evening Post featured a Leyendecker with a helmeted naked baby swinging into the New Year on holding tenuously onto a musket.

Science News assured its readers that Horse Meat Won't Hurt. The article noted, amongst other things, that very few horses were actually slaughtered for meat in the US in any event.

According to Sarah Sundin:

Today in World War II History—January 2, 1943: In Libya, the port of Tripoli is closed to Axis ships due to Allied bombing. New songs in Top Ten: “Moonlight Becomes You,” “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To.”

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Monday, November 16, 1942. A string of Allied victories.

Operation Torch concluded with an Allied victory, which included the French in North Africa switching sides.

On the same day, the Kokoda Track campaign ended in an Allied victory. The Battle of Buna-Gona in New Guinea, commenced. That was noted by Sarah Sundin on her blog, who also noted:

Today in World War II History—November 16, 1942: British troops coming from Algeria first encounter German troops in Tunisia. In Papua New Guinea, US and Australians launch drive to clear the Buna-Gona area.

The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal completely stopped, with that also being an Allied victory.

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Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

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