By: James Campbell
The "Ghost Mountain Boys" of the 32nd Infantry division lacked combat training, basic supplies, and back-up when they were dropped on New Guinea's southern edge and ordered to march overland to push Japanese forces out of Buna, on the far coast. During their 42-day trek, 10,000 died; the majority succumbed to hideous tropical diseases borne in rancid water or septic mud, and complicated by a lack of medical supplies. Despite grisly hardships, the soldiers miraculously attained their goal. Fans of the author's earlier Alaskan adventure The Final Frontiersman will find this grimmer fare. For WWII history buffs, however, it offers a meaningful glimpse into one of the war's lesser-known ordeals.
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