For the 32d Division, the Papua Campaign was "a military nightmare," its men living under intolerable conditions, plagued by disease, short of equipment, ill-prepared for jungle fighting, and pitted against a skilled and resolute foe.

[Copyright 1957 by R.W. Stevens.].

The Japanese threaten Australia -- Preparing the defense -- The thwarted landing -- Providence forestalled -- Kokoda thrust -- The Japanese offensive collapses -- The advance on the beachhead -- The Allies close in -- The opening blows in General Vasey's area -- The first two weeks at Buna -- I Corps reaches the front -- The fighting West of the Girua -- Buna: the second two weeks -- Warren Force takes the initiative -- Urbana force closes on the mission -- The fall of Buna -- Clearing the track junction -- The final offensive -- The victory.