KORPS MARINIERS in NIEUW GUINEA
Dutch Marine Corps in Netherlands New Guinea during operations against Indonesian Paratrooperes, Intruders, Marines and Guerillas in 1961 1962. 300 paratroopers of the 1300 man who were landed between end April 1962 and mid August 1962, were killed, wounded, or captured. The rest fled deep in the jungle afraid of the Marines, Papua Army Corps, Police and citizens. Nowadays Papauans are still suppressed and killed by Indonesian occupying forces.
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