The three-year-long New Guinea campaign was one of the most arduous of World War II, with Allied and Japanese forces sustaining tens of thousands of casualties as they struggled for control of the ...

MORRIS TOWNSHIP -- Christian Markovic lost his hearing at age 2 and began losing his eyesight when he was 13. By the time he was 20, he was legally blind and a mysterious neurological disorder began ...

The last of Papua New Guinea's 'Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels' – famous for helping carry injured Australian soldiers as they battled the Japanese during WWII – is believed to have died late last week. Faole ...

Havala Laula wears the slouch hat with pride. Seventy-five years ago he served with Australians near his village on the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea as war raged around them, fetching ammunition, ...

At one point or another during my time at Stanford, I attended one of those assemblies in which the speaker attempted to break the ice by having students self-identify with a number of questions. Are ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. TONY EASTLEY: It's taken more than 60 years but yesterday the first medallion was awarded to a Fuzzy ...

‘E’s a daisy, ‘e’s a ducky, ‘e’s a lamb! ‘E’s a injia-rubber idiot on the spree, ‘E’s the on’y thing that doesn’t give a damn For a Regiment o’ British Infantree! So ‘ere’ s to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) This article contains mention of racist terms in historical context. Every Anzac Day, Australians are presented with narratives that re-inscribe particular versions of our ...

State Highway 32 (aka Western Bays Road near Lake Taupō) was closed due to a slip in the vicinity of Te Putu and Fuzzy Wuzzy Roads. Fuzzy Wuzzy? The readers asked. Surely that's made up? Go find out, ...