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The battle for freedom.(Letter to the editor)
SIR: I have an elderly friend who received a Japanese bullet in the leg at Deniki on the, Kokoda Track while fighting with the famous 39th Battalion, and the last thing I want to do is denigrate the heroism of him or his comrades. However, Stephen Barton (July-August 2006) is quite right in his contention that there were never any plans on the part of the Japanese to invade this country. Kokoda did not "save" Australia. Does that mean that Australia's military efforts against Japan, as well as against Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany (neither of which, as in the case of Japan, had any designs on Australian territory) were unjustified? Of course not. As Barton points out, there were two very good reasons for Australia to be involved in opposing these regimes.
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