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Battle of Noemfoor, the Glossary

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  1. 83 relations: Air commodore, Arizona Army National Guard, Australia in the War of 1939–1945, Australian First Tactical Air Force, Australian War Memorial, Balikpapan, Battalion, Battle of Biak, Battle of Hollandia, Battle of Lone Tree Hill, Battle of Morotai, Battle of Sansapor, Battle of Wakde, Biak, Biak Archipelago, Borneo, Chicago Tribune, Colonel, Commodore (rank), Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Coral reef, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Douglas MacArthur, Dutch government-in-exile, Dutch New Guinea, Edwin D. Patrick, Ellipse, Empire of Japan, Engineer Special Brigade, Forced labour, Frederick Scherger, Group (military unit), Java, John Augustine Collins, Kornasoren Airport, Land mine, Landing craft mechanized, Landing craft tank, Landing Ship, Tank, Landing Vehicle Tracked, Limestone, Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Major general, Manokwari, Medal of Honor, Mitsubishi Ki-21, Naval artillery, New Guinea campaign, No. 62 Wing RAAF, Numfor, ... Expand index (33 more) »

  2. 1944 in Oceania
  3. 1944 in the Dutch East Indies
  4. Battles and operations of World War II involving the Netherlands

Air commodore

Air commodore (Air Cdre or Air Cmde) is a air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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Arizona Army National Guard

The Arizona Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard.

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Australia in the War of 1939–1945

Australia in the War of 1939–1945 is a 22-volume official history series covering Australian involvement in the Second World War.

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Australian First Tactical Air Force

The Australian First Tactical Air Force (No. 1 TAF) was formed on 25 October 1944 by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

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Australian War Memorial

The Australian War Memorial (AWM) is a national war memorial and museum dedicated to all Australians who died during war.

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Balikpapan

Balikpapan is a seaport city in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of up to one thousand soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel and subdivided into a number of companies, each typically commanded by a major or a captain.

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Battle of Biak

The Battle of Biak was part of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II, fought between the United States Army and the Japanese Army from 27 May to 17 August 1944. Battle of Noemfoor and Battle of Biak are 1944 in the Dutch East Indies, August 1944 events, battles of World War II involving Australia, battles of World War II involving the United States, conflicts in 1944, July 1944 events and south West Pacific theatre of World War II.

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Battle of Hollandia

The Battle of Hollandia (code-named Operation Reckless) was an engagement between Allies of World War II and Japanese forces during World War II. Battle of Noemfoor and Battle of Hollandia are 1944 in the Dutch East Indies, conflicts in 1944 and south West Pacific theatre of World War II.

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Battle of Lone Tree Hill

The Battle of Lone Tree Hill, is the name given to a major battle in 1944 in Dutch New Guinea, between United States and Japanese forces. Battle of Noemfoor and battle of Lone Tree Hill are 1944 in the Dutch East Indies, August 1944 events, conflicts in 1944, July 1944 events and south West Pacific theatre of World War II.

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Battle of Morotai

The Battle of Morotai, part of the Pacific War, began on 15 September 1944, and continued until the end of the war in August 1945. Battle of Noemfoor and Battle of Morotai are 1944 in the Dutch East Indies, battles and operations of World War II involving the Netherlands, battles of World War II involving Australia, battles of World War II involving the United States, conflicts in 1944 and south West Pacific theatre of World War II.

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Battle of Sansapor

The Battle of Sansapor (Operation Globetrotter) was an amphibious landing and subsequent operations around Sansapor, Dutch New Guinea on the Vogelkop Peninsula during World War II. Battle of Noemfoor and Battle of Sansapor are 1944 in Oceania, 1944 in the Dutch East Indies, August 1944 events, battles of World War II involving the United States, conflicts in 1944, July 1944 events and south West Pacific theatre of World War II.

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Battle of Wakde

The Battle of Wakde (Operation Straight Line) was part of the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Battle of Noemfoor and Battle of Wakde are 1944 in the Dutch East Indies, conflicts in 1944 and south West Pacific theatre of World War II.

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Biak

Biak is the main island of Biak Archipelago located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua, an Indonesian province, and is just northwest of New Guinea.

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Biak Archipelago

The Biak Islands (Kepulauan Biak, also Schouten Islands or Geelvink Islands) are an island group of Papua province, eastern Indonesia in the Cenderawasih Bay (or Geelvink Bay) 50 km off the north-western coast of the island of New Guinea.

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Borneo

Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Commodore (rank)

Commodore is a senior naval rank used in many navies which is equivalent to brigadier or brigadier general and air commodore.

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Consolidated B-24 Liberator

The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.

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Coral reef

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals.

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938.

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Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army.

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Dutch government-in-exile

The Dutch government-in-exile (Nederlandse regering in ballingschap), also known as the London Cabinet (Londens kabinet), was the government in exile of the Netherlands, supervised by Queen Wilhelmina, that fled to London after the German invasion of the country during World War II on 10 May 1940.

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Dutch New Guinea

Dutch New Guinea or Netherlands New Guinea (Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, Nugini Belanda) was the western half of the island of New Guinea that was a part of the Dutch East Indies until 1949, later an overseas territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1949 to 1962.

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Edwin D. Patrick

Major General Edwin Davies Patrick (January 11, 1894 – March 15, 1945) was an American general who was the commander of the 6th Infantry Division during World War II.

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Ellipse

In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focal points, such that for all points on the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal points is a constant.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Engineer Special Brigade

The Engineer Special Brigades were brigade-sized amphibious forces of the United States Army developed during World War II and active from 1942 to 1955.

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Forced labour

Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, or violence, including death or other forms of extreme hardship to either themselves or members of their families.

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Frederick Scherger

Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Rudolph William Scherger, (18 May 190416 January 1984) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

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Group (military unit)

A group is a military unit or a military formation that is most often associated with military aviation.

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Java

Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.

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John Augustine Collins

Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, (7 January 1899 – 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in both World Wars, and who eventually rose to become a vice admiral and Chief of Naval Staff.

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Kornasoren Airport

Kornasoren (Numfor) Airport is a civil airport in Numfor, Biak Islands, Papua, Indonesia.

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Land mine

A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.

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Landing craft mechanized

The landing craft mechanized (LCM) is a landing craft designed for carrying vehicles.

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Landing craft tank

The landing craft, tank (LCT) (or tank landing craft, TLC) was an amphibious assault craft for landing tanks on beachheads.

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Landing Ship, Tank

Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto a low slope beach with no docks or piers.

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Landing Vehicle Tracked

The Amphibious Vehicle, Tracked (LVT) is an amphibious warfare vehicle and amphibious landing craft, introduced by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engined fighter aircraft that was used during World War II.

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Manokwari

Manokwari is a coastal town and the capital of the Indonesian province of West Papua.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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Mitsubishi Ki-21

The was a Japanese heavy bomber during World War II.

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Naval artillery is artillery mounted on a warship, originally used only for naval warfare and then subsequently used for more specialized roles in surface warfare such as naval gunfire support (NGFS) and anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) engagements.

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New Guinea campaign

The New Guinea campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 1942 until the end of the war in August 1945. Battle of Noemfoor and New Guinea campaign are conflicts in 1944 and south West Pacific theatre of World War II.

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No. 62 Wing RAAF

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Numfor

Numfor (also Numfoor, Noemfoor, Noemfoer) is one of the Biak Islands (also known as the Schouten Islands) in Papua province, northeastern Indonesia.

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Pacific War

The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.

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Papua (province)

Papua is a province of Indonesia, comprising the northern coast of Western New Guinea together with island groups in Cenderawasih Bay to the west.

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Philippines campaign (1944–1945)

The Philippines campaign, Battle of the Philippines, Second Philippines campaign, or the Liberation of the Philippines, codenamed Operation Musketeer I, II, and III, was the American, Mexican, Australian and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II. Battle of Noemfoor and Philippines campaign (1944–1945) are conflicts in 1944 and south West Pacific theatre of World War II.

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Ray E. Eubanks

Ray E. Eubanks (February 6, 1922 – July 23, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in World War II.

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Rear admiral

Rear admiral is a flag officer rank used by English-speaking navies.

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Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is the principal aerial warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army.

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Russell S. Berkey

Russell Stanley Berkey (August 4, 1893 – June 17, 1985) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II.

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Sansapor Airfield

Sansapor Airfield (also known as Mar Airfield) is a former World War II airfield located in the village of Werur, in Tambrauw Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia.

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Sentai

In Japanese, is a military unit and may be literally translated as "squadron", "task force", "division (of ships)", "group" or "wing".

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Sixth Army (United States)

Sixth Army is a theater army of the United States Army.

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Squadron (naval)

A squadron, or naval squadron, is a significant group of warships which is nonetheless considered too small to be designated a fleet.

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Subsistence economy

A subsistence economy is an economy directed to basic subsistence, the provision of food, clothing, shelter rather than to the market.

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Surabaya

Surabaya is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta.

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Taiwanese people

The term "Taiwanese people" has various interpretations.

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Task Force 74

Task Force 74 was a naval task force that has existed twice.

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Task Force 75

The Commander, Task Force 75 (CTF 75), properly named Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific; or simply NEFCPAC (pronounced "nef-see-pack"), is a US Navy task force of the United States Seventh Fleet and is 7th Fleet's primary expeditionary task force composed of EOD, Coastal Riverine, Cargo Handling, and Seabee detachments.

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Task Force 77 (United States Navy)

For decades, Task Force 77 was the aircraft carrier battle/strike force of the United States Seventh Fleet in the United States Navy (USN), a designation lasting from the final year of the Second World War until the disestablishment of the task force in 2000.

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Terrace (geology)

In geology, a terrace is a step-like landform.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Tropical rainforest

Tropical rainforests are dense and warm rainforests with high rainfall typically found between 10° north and south of the Equator.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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United States Army Center of Military History

The United States Army Center of Military History (CMH) is a directorate within the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the military engineering branch of the United States Army.

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Walkie-talkie

A walkie-talkie, more formally known as a handheld transceiver (HT), is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver.

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Walter Krueger

Walter Krueger (26 January 1881 – 20 August 1967) was an American soldier and general officer in the first half of the 20th century.

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Western New Guinea campaign

The Western New Guinea campaign was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Battle of Noemfoor and Western New Guinea campaign are 1944 in the Dutch East Indies, battles of World War II involving Australia, battles of World War II involving the United States, conflicts in 1944 and south West Pacific theatre of World War II.

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William Fechteler

William Morrow Fechteler (March 6, 1896 – July 4, 1967) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower administration.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. Battle of Noemfoor and World War II are conflicts in 1944.

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158th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 158th Infantry Regiment ("Bushmasters") is an infantry unit of the Arizona National Guard.

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35th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army.

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503rd Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 503rd Infantry Regiment, formerly the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (503rd PIR) and the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment (503rd AIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army.

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58th Special Operations Wing

The 58th Special Operations Wing (58 SOW) is a combat unit of the United States Air Force stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.

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See also

1944 in Oceania

1944 in the Dutch East Indies

Battles and operations of World War II involving the Netherlands

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Noemfoor

Also known as Naval Base Noemfoor.

, Pacific War, Papua (province), Philippines campaign (1944–1945), Ray E. Eubanks, Rear admiral, Royal Australian Air Force, Russell S. Berkey, Sansapor Airfield, Sentai, Sixth Army (United States), Squadron (naval), Subsistence economy, Surabaya, Taiwanese people, Task Force 74, Task Force 75, Task Force 77 (United States Navy), Terrace (geology), The New York Times, Tropical rainforest, United States Army, United States Army Air Forces, United States Army Center of Military History, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Walkie-talkie, Walter Krueger, Western New Guinea campaign, William Fechteler, World War II, 158th Infantry Regiment (United States), 35th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), 503rd Infantry Regiment (United States), 58th Special Operations Wing.