Guarding the memory of 16 Mile Camp s role in WWII defence of Darwin
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To the untrained eye, 16 Mile Camp is a pretty bush path, but a closer look reveals a heritage-listed WWII site
(ABC Radio Darwin: Conor Byrne)
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Almost 80 years after the bombing of Darwin, the plan to defend the city and fall back for fear of a Japanese land invasion still teaches valuable lessons.
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Australian and American soldiers were stationed there for three months
still here. where american rangers scaled a 100-foot-high sheer cliff to capture a german gun emplacement. the hedge rows thick, dangerous, and ever-present. the villages still lacking much the same as they did when the allies came calling. and the largest of the cemeteries, the one that sits on the bluff above the beach where world war ii and europe began to end. omaha beach, where those who died in europe serve as a dale kri reminder of the horror of war and the price of freedom and democracy. and it is here no matter the season, no matter how many years pass, the sun still sets on sacred ground where heroes look west toward home toward america. and mike barnicle standing by, it s hard to imagine that