Ex-Aussie signalman recalls "fuzzy wuzzy angels" in WWII

Lloyd Birdsall (L), a former signalman with the Australian army, speaks at a World War II memorial in a Sydney suburb on July 18, 2015, about the "fuzzy wuzzy angels" of Papua New Guinea who helped Australian soldiers during the 1942 Kokoda battle between Japanese and Australian forces. Each year, several thousand Australians visit the Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway modeled on the Papua New Guinean trail along which the two countries fought a fierce battle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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