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DescriptionForeword Acknowledgments Introduction: Tarakan, fifty years on 1 'We're heading for Japan': Tarakan - stepping stone to nowhere 2 'The boys who do the landing': the men and units of Oboe One Force 3 'To capture Tarakan': planning Operation Oboe One 4 'The barrage is lifting we're just about to land': P-Day, 1 May 1945 5 'Heading for the airstrip': the first week - the airstrip, Tarakan Hill and Sykes 6 'Then push up from the beachhead': the second week - Tiger, Crazy Ridge and Helen 7 'Carry on without a frown': the third week - the patrol fight and the airstrip 8 'We've got to climb the razorback': Freda and Margy 9 'There's the fire from Nippon's pill box': the corporals' fight for Fukukaku 10 'This lousy joint': capitulation 11 'Oboe One is over': occupation and departure, 1945 12 'We're sure to have the memory': looking back on Tarakan Appendices |