[PW] Re: WWII battle at the Driniumor River at Aitape, Papua New Guinea

[Newton Steve (DOS)]

Phalbe,

This map:

http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/PNG/Upng/map.html

Shows the area around Aitape after the 1998 tsunami.  Since there are
several named rivers one of them might be the elusive Drinimuor.

Steve Newton
Delaware Division of Libraries

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Of Phalbe Henriksen
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:12 AM
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Subject: [PW] WWII battle at the Driniumor River at Aitape, Papua New
Guinea

Folks,

There was a tough battle at the Driniumor River, at Aitape, Papua New 
Guinea during WWII. The Allies captured the airport and many Japanese 
soldiers, according to the _Merriam-Webster Geographical Dictionary_.

However, there is no Driniumor River any more. What happened to it? A 
Google search brings up a *suggestion* that it was renamed "Aitape 
River." M-W Geog. Dict. doesn't mention the river under either name.

An Australian friend of mine, with whom I once worked in Papua New 
Guinea, doesn't know any more about it than I do (and he's on 
vacation, anyway).

Does anyone know anything about the river? I don't need info about 
the WWII battle. I just want to know what happened to the name of the
river.

Thanks.

Phalbe Henriksen
Director
Bradford County Public Library
Starke, FL


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