Rabu, 10 September 2014

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Ternate to Tobelo | Travel Blog

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Oct 16, 2014 - August 23 2014 Another early rise, 6am, and we're off to Ternate harbour. Hah, I had no idea what I was in for, having to climb over each boat ...

  Halmahera, Maluku: “Moderate adventure” in the Spice ...

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Nov 7, 2013 - "Moderate adventure," replied Alex, our guide casually. ... Today there is peace, except for the Api volcano on Halmahera, which still lies ...


Gayl Edwards says:
Hi Theodora,
Morotai was everything and more than our expectations! Alex Djangu was an excellent and very professional guide, thank you for recommending him :) His organization was impeccable. Rob and I now have great friends in Indonesia and are planning to return next year. The Morotai Tourism people were wonderful, they took such good care of us and were an excellent source of knowledge. So much so that I am organizing hopefully for an ANZAC Day ceremony at the Morotai War Cemetery, if our RSL will be involved. Travel to and from Morotai was a real adventure, but quite manageable for anyone with reasonable mobility. I am also in the process of putting together a tour for relatives/historians through RAAF Squadron Associations. Thanks once again Theodora :)
http://www.escapeartistes.com/2010/10/15/morotai-island-maluku-moluccas-halmahera-indonesia-daruba-travel/

Miller Harrison

Rabu, 16 April 2014

HISTORICAL PLACES IN MOROTAI AND HALMAHERA ISLAND

In mid-August 1944, the 33rd Infantry Division was transferred from Sixth to Eighth Army control in New Guinea. Following the division's introduction to combat, the Christmas present for its troops was a South Pacific cruise to Morotai, a small island in the Moluccas group nearly 300 miles northwest of Sansapor, New Guinea.
General Douglas MacArthur's staff knew that if U.S. forces held an airstrip in this group of islands in the Dutch East Indies they would have a strategic base from which to launch operations against the Philippines, about 400 miles away.
To meet the October timetable for MacArthur's return to the Philippines, troops of the 31st Division and the 126th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division, had streamed ashore on Morotai on September 15, completely surprising and dispersing an enemy force of 1,000 men. Airstrips were immediately built to accommodate the Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers of the Thirteenth Air Force. A strong perimeter defense around the new base was adequate protection against the small, disorganized elements of Japanese remaining on Morotai.


 I SHALL RETURN

An Old airport built by US and UN soldiers in 1944, it's located in Wama Morotai.It has 7 strip  all together, now the 3 strips are used by Indonesian Air Force and the other 5 strips are covered by weeds and plantation.

The soldiers were mostly Australian in that mission, one of them might be your father or grand father

 Original picture of Morotai War cemetery in 1944


Australian war memorial in Morotai Island
MOROTAI WAR CEMETERY . Photo August 2014
This is the Cemetery are of WW II own by US and Australia, only the cross shaped concrete left. it is located near Pandanga Morotai.

Dive in to B 24 Bomber wreck in Wawama Morotai


JAPANESE WERE BASE IN KAO BAY HALMAHERA ISLAND
During the US and UN attack in WW II, Japanese soldiers were hide in to bunkers in Galela, Kao,Tobelo and East Halmahera 

Japanese Bunker in Galela Halmahera Island
 UN AIRPORT IN MOROTAY
 JAPANESE BUNKER IN KAO


JAPANESE AIR FIGHTER USED IN WWII
Located in Meti island North Halmahera. 25m depth
Make a deal with freelance guide for a historical tour in Morotai and Halmahera
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