U.S. soldiers inspect wrecked Japanese planes at Hollandia Two U.S.

U.S. soldiers inspect wrecked Japanese planes at Hollandia Two U.S. soldiers rummage trhough the wreckage of Japanese planes destroyed on Hollandia airstrip, before the field was captured by an American assault force. U.S. troops met only slight Japanese resistance when they landed, on April 22, 1944, at three points dominating a 150-mile coastal stretch of Northern New Guinea.The landings resulted in the capture of Hollandia, Aitape to the east, and four strategic airfields, and encircled an estimated 60,000 Japanese troops in the northern coastal area of the South-west Pacific island.