Our troops were scattered all over and we were severely ill prepared for this invasion. We were suffering heavy casualties to the Germans, especially in the air. Our troops endured the harrowing Kokoda Trail in South East Asia and fought the Japanese until the Americans dropped the bomb. An incredibly emotional recollection by Sargent Jack Sims will break you apart.
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