Amerikaanse troepen en ondersteunende Sherman tanks rukken op door het oerwoud bij het vliegveld Mokmer.

Bij de geallieerde landing op het eiland Biak in de Geelvinck baai op 27 mei 1944 met hebben de Amerikanen een licht overwicht met 12.500 man van de 41e divisie. Tegenover hen staat echter een aanzienlijke Japanse troepenmacht van 11.000 man onder leiding van kolonel Kuzume Naoyuki, die zich bovendien verschanst hebben in een labyrint van grotten (waaronder Goa Jepang). De Japanse troepen bieden hardnekkig tegenstand waardoor het tot medio augustus duurt voordat de Amerikanen het eiland onder controle hebben. Aan Amerikaanse zijde vallen 474 doden; de schattingen aan Japanse kant liggen tussen de 6.000 tot 10.000 doden.
kolonel Kuzume Naoyuki
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