| Original caption: “United States forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. On the beach of Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the bodies of slain Japanese soldiers lie a few steps from their shattered landing boat. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces.” Japanese soldiers killed during the final phase of the battle at Buna Station, January 1943. The large number of dead Japanese and Allied bodies on the beach led the Allies to nickname it “Maggot Beach.” | |
| Image Filename | wwii2255.jpg |
| Image Size | 1.96 MB |
| Image Dimensions | 4945 x 3708 |
| Photographer | |
| Photographer Title | United States Army Signal Corps |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | March 1, 1943 |
| Location | |
| City | Buna |
| State or Province | Oro |
| Country | New Guinea |
| Archive | Library of Congress |
| Record Number | LC-USE613-D-008977 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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