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Salamaua is a small town situated on the northeastern coastline of Papua New Guinea. The settlement is built on a minor peninsula with mountains on the inland side and a harbor facing the western side of the Huon Gulf. The city was captured by the Japanese in 1942 during World War II and later retaken by United States forces lead by General Douglas MacArthur on September 15, 1943.

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Salamaua settlement, Papua New Guinea, Pictures (155 words)
	Salamaua, small settlement in Papua New Guinea, located on the northeast coast of New Guinea, on the western shore of Huon Gulf.
	Salamaua is built on a tiny peninsula, partly enclosing a harbor, with rugged mountains rising inland.
	Salamaua fell to the Japanese in March 1942.

Australians at War (249 words)
	Salamaua was occupied by the Japanese in March 1942 and developed as a base area.
	Salamaua was occupied, without opposition, by the 42nd Australian Battalion on 11 September 1943.
	Salamaua was evacuated on 6 September to provide combatant reinforcements for Lae and approximately 5,800 troops were moved there.

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