MADISON, Wisconsin – This past January marked the 83rd anniversary of the capture of the Japanese stronghold at Buna, Papua New Guinea by American and Allied forces.
I was lucky to be a part of a group of six Wisconsin National Guardsmen who last year retraced the steps of the historic 32nd Division’s march across New Guinea on the Kapa Kapa trail.
We traveled to Papua New Guinea to collaboratively train with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force as part of a State Partnership Program between our home state of Wisconsin and Papua New Guinea. The State Partnership Program is a Department of War security cooperation program managed by the National Guard Bureau that helps improve the partnership between nations and increase readiness of...
