Biak - yet another amphibious landing

27th May 1944: US troops invade 'a shitty little malaria and typhus infested atoll about thirty miles long'

41st Infantry Division troops marching into a jungle from beach, 1944.

General McArthur's progress across the Pacific continued with the next step in the New Guinea campaign: the island of Biak. This was an important stepping stone for retaking the Philippines.