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http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/07/lo ... ed/?hpt=C2


This is an INCREDIBLE find
Lost WWII battlefield found -– war dead included

An Australian trekker said he has discovered the site of a significant World War II battle in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, complete with the remains of Japanese soldiers right where they fell almost 70 years ago.

Former army Capt. Brian Freeman, an expert on the Kokoda Trail – a 60-mile trek through rugged mountainous country and rainforest of the island – said Monday he was led to the Eora Creek battle site where he found the remains of the soldiers.

The site about half a mile from the village of Eora Creek was believed to be the location of the last major battle that was pivotal in Australia’s campaign against the Japanese in Papau New Guinea.

Although the site was known to local villages, jungles reclaimed it after the battle of Eora Creek. Although locals hunted on the plateau surrounding the site, they avoided the 600-square-meter battle ground because of a belief that spirits of the dead were still present in the \"lost battlefield.\"

What this means is that the site has apparently remained untouched since 1942.
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There aren't enough wows in the title to define how wow this is.
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Ok, I'll bite. I'm sure it's a great archeological find, but does it alter history?


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[quote="AlphaDoG"]I'm sure it's a great archeological find, but does it alter history?/quote]
Is that all that matters to you?
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definitive WOW
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Isaac wrote:Is that all that matters to you?
quit being a dick.

That IS amazing. Were the helmets found that way or did the archaeologists hang them on the sticks?
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This will be very interesting to the archaeologists and historians, I agree. WW2 isn't out of living memory yet, but with it being so untouched, this certainly would preserve a picture of what these battles were like in a way that few things can.
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Isaac wrote:
AlphaDoG wrote:I'm sure it's a great archeological find, but does it alter history?
Is that all that matters to you?

Quit being a dick!

The outcome of WWII remains the same, however if you take the time to click my link, you will find that more than a few minds were turned when "someone" happened upon those 10 things that did indeed alter history.
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Duper wrote:That IS amazing. Were the helmets found that way or did the archaeologists hang them on the sticks?
article says they were found that way
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Honestly I'm a HUGE WW2 history buff, so maybe this hase more significance to me than it does to the average Joe.

no it does not alter history.

but the fact that this site remained untouched for 65 years allows us an almost direct look into the lives, and death of those men and the aftermath of that particular conflict. so no it does not alter history, instead it is history
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CUDA wrote:Honestly I'm a HUGE WW2 history buff, so maybe this hase more significance to me than it does to the average Joe.

no it does not alter history.

but the fact that this site remained untouched for 65 years allows us an almost direct look into the lives, and death of those men and the aftermath of that particular conflict. so no it does not alter history, instead it is history
I'm not a history buff, but I feel its significance in the same way as you.
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Both of my grandfathers and my wife's father all saw combat in this region of the world during WWII. The images of Japanese helmets still standing guard over their owners gave me chills
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my great Uncle got 3 purple hearts in that area. He lost an entire platoon of 20+ guys to one mortar strike. He happened to be assisting a scout spot over a ridge near by.
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Heavens... that must have been horrible for him. That's a very, very unlucky mortar hit too.

The more recent wars the US army has been involved in are practically tidy in comparison to WW2...
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Someone recently said if we fought WW2 like we fight wars today, we would of lost.
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That's because most of the wars since then have been more police actions than anything else.
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woodchip wrote:Someone recently said if we fought WW2 like we fight wars today, we would of lost.
And they would be: absolutely correct. Bleeding heart liberals all over the world have been giving their very best to try and make war all clean and pretty, which is completely stupid and counterproductive.
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I tend to think that wars today are fought the way they are because we can afford to. Trying to avoid burning villages to the ground seems like a good thing as long as you can still win. The Marines (and so on) are good enough that they can.
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