An account of the military campaign in New Guinea during World War II, which the author viewed from several positions, including staff sergeant and war correspondent.

Reprinted with a new foreword.

Convoy -- Under fire -- The New Guinea Jungle -- The enemy invades -- The Battle of Milne Bay -- Flying in the Owen Stanley Range --The jungle dwellers -- Disaster at Buna -- 'The toughest fighting in the world' -- Praise the lord and pass the spinach -- Rebellion in the jungle -- 'Lieutenant, Sir, you're crazy!' -- At home in the jungle -- Joining the Jolly Rogers -- Heroism in the sky -- What men think of in the face of death -- Victory in New Guinea.