Kadoka ( SD ) V Kokoda ( PNG )
Nov 19, 2022 3:16:39 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Nov 19, 2022 3:16:39 GMT -5
A couple of places with similar sounding names but worlds apart geographically, culturally and climatically.
Kadoka, your full on Continental heartland USA region near the 'Badlands' of South Dakota.
Extreme seasonal temps, both max and mins, semi arid and likely a pretty tough place to live.....
Kokoda, a bad place for Australian and Japanese troops, a name that evokes the ethos of military heroism for the Australian Defence Forces, second only to the Gallipoli Campaign of WW1. Kokoda was the site os a series of battles against the IJA ( Imperial japanese Army ) in 1942, fought along the Kokoda Track in what military historians have described as the most horrendous conditions in the annals of warfare. Terrain from near sea level up and over the 6000' Owen Stanely Ranges with cold and wet in the mountain passes, hot and humid in the lowlands, no possible evacuations for wounded troops. Constant mud and rainfall in the 4000mm per annum climate...Aussies used local tribal villagers, known fondly as 'Fuzzie Wuzzie Angels' as porters and stretcher bearers....some wounded soldiers were carried by hand for 100klm back to Port Moresby hospitals. They are held in the highest esteem by Aussie Veterans !
KADOKA:
Nearest Airport at Philip, SD
Kadoka
www.nps.gov/badl/index.htm
KOKODA:
Popondetta at low altitude near the coast
Kokoda at the foot of the Owen Stanleys
www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-18/arnold-forrester-kokoda-veteran-dies-aged-100/11974770
warfarehistorynetwork.com/trail-of-death-the-kokoda-track/
Kadoka, your full on Continental heartland USA region near the 'Badlands' of South Dakota.
Extreme seasonal temps, both max and mins, semi arid and likely a pretty tough place to live.....
Kokoda, a bad place for Australian and Japanese troops, a name that evokes the ethos of military heroism for the Australian Defence Forces, second only to the Gallipoli Campaign of WW1. Kokoda was the site os a series of battles against the IJA ( Imperial japanese Army ) in 1942, fought along the Kokoda Track in what military historians have described as the most horrendous conditions in the annals of warfare. Terrain from near sea level up and over the 6000' Owen Stanely Ranges with cold and wet in the mountain passes, hot and humid in the lowlands, no possible evacuations for wounded troops. Constant mud and rainfall in the 4000mm per annum climate...Aussies used local tribal villagers, known fondly as 'Fuzzie Wuzzie Angels' as porters and stretcher bearers....some wounded soldiers were carried by hand for 100klm back to Port Moresby hospitals. They are held in the highest esteem by Aussie Veterans !
KADOKA:
Nearest Airport at Philip, SD
Kadoka
www.nps.gov/badl/index.htm
KOKODA:
Popondetta at low altitude near the coast
Kokoda at the foot of the Owen Stanleys
www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-18/arnold-forrester-kokoda-veteran-dies-aged-100/11974770
warfarehistorynetwork.com/trail-of-death-the-kokoda-track/
