My New Guinea Diary

by Ford, Ernest C.

• ISBN13: 9780979258398
• ISBN10: 0979258391
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-01
• Publisher: Ingram Pub Services

Summary

None of the 6th Troop Carrier Squadron (6th TCS) pilots knew where they were when they landed in New Guinea on 13 October 1942, with their thirteen, unarmed C-47 aircraft. After parking their planes, the pilots were told, "If you survive after getting shot down, look out for sharks, be aware of alligators when crossing rivers, and yes, there are still many cannibals in New Guinea-if they catch you, they'll eat you. Don't forget the headhunters. If the Japs don't find you, the mosquitos certainly will. You'll have no radio or map-you'll be on your own. Good luck. Now get your trenches dug quickly, we'll be under a full-scale bombing attack in less than two hours."

Table of Contents

List of Maps, Charts, and Tables	p. x
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
About the Author	p. xvii
Acknowledgements	p. xix
Author's Note	p. xxi
Acronyms	p. xxii
Chronological List Of Events	p. xxiii
1942
Another Set Of Orders, 11 Sept-2 Oct	p. 1
Tour Of the South Sea Islands, 2 Oct-8 Oct	p. 45
Australia, 9 Oct-12 Oct	p. 73
Welcome To New Guinea, 13 Oct	p. 83
The Enemy: Mosquitoes, Weather, and Japs, 14 Oct-16 Nov	p. 105
Kokoda, 17 Nov-24 Dec	p. 155
Christmas, 25-Dec-31 Dec	p. 197
1943
Jungle, 1 Jan-5 Jan	p. 207
The DC-3/C-47, 6 Jan-9 Jan	p. 229
Sydney, 10 Jan-17 Jan	p. 235
Battle Of Wau, 18 Jan-9 Feb	p. 241
Test Flying, 10 Feb-7 Apr	p. 255
Battlefield Commission, 8 Apr-21 May	p. 273
The Great Milky Way, 22 May-5 Jul	p. 281
Jimmy Doolittle, Corrigan, Ratan and Yeager, 6 Jul-17 Jul	p. 293
Lost Both Wingmen, 18 Jul-15 Aug	p. 301
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, 16 Aug-17 Sep	p. 309
Blood Plasma, 18 Sep-15 Oct	p. 317
Homeward Bound, 16 Oct-25 Dec	p. 331
Epilogue	p. 349
The Unknown Soldier	p. 362
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