Location
Located at Manokwari on the eastern
end of the Vogelkop Peninsula.
Construction
Japanese wartime airfield. Wartime photo via Robert Rocker.
American Missions Against Manokwari
May 1, 1943 - October 24, 1944
Today
Still in use to this day.
Bruce Fenstermaker adds:
"There are buried jeeps, trucks ect there. I spent about 3-4 days there [in mid-1990s]. If I remember when Elliott Smock went there he was not permitted to go any further than the Harbor dock because of Islamic problems. There are landing craft 3+ miles to the north west on the beach also."
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