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Sherrod is a veteran of New Guinea, of Attu, and of the dive bombing of Wake, but "I never was so scared in all my life as when our little boat headed for the beach through a barrage of Jap mortar shells and automatic weapons. The first two boats we met had already been disabled. I gritted my teeth and tried to smile at the scared Marine next...
General Douglas MacArthur gets a copy every morning with his coffee. When his headquarters are in New Guinea, he grants Guinea Gold special permission to print his communiques 20 hours before any other newspaper, anywhere. He and some 30,000 other readers in the New Guinea battle area think Guinea Gold is the greatest army newspaper in the world...
Tiny (letter-size) four page Guinea Gold is a newspaper in the most literal sense. It is rarely illustrated, never runs "pin-ups." Its readers, polled several months ago, thumbed down such gewgaws. They voted for war news first, political news from home second, educational features third. There are a few standard informational sections (movie schedules, lost & found, etc.). The rest of Guinea Gold is packed, seven days a week, with more than 100 solid news nuggets, many filched from short-wave broadcasts...
...Idea, a New Major. Australian Newsman Reg B. Leonard launched Guinea Gold in his spare time while covering the New Guinea campaign for the Melbourne Herald. It made such a hit with Allied troops that Australian General Thomas A. Blarney arranged for Correspondent Leonard's transfer to the Australian Army, gave him a major's rank and a full-time (15-hours...
...Solomons and New Guinea campaigns in their early stages were never considered part of a major strategic offensive. They were defensive than offensive, conceived to protect the vital sea lanes to Australia...