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Date of Passing Dec 05, 1985
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS BRUCE COLLINS FANSLER WAS A BARBER BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE ON 14 AUGUST 1942. HE SERVED IN THE PACIFIC WITH "M" COMPANY, 126TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 32ND INFANTRY DIVISION FROM 5 MARCH 1943 TO 14 OCTOBER 1945. UPON RETURNING TO THE U.S. PFC FANSLER WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON 9 NOVEMBER 1945 AT CAMP ATTERBURY INDIANA. BRUCE FANSLER PASSED AWAY ON 5 DECEMBER 1985 IN PARSONS WEST VIRGINIA.
Description (Papua Campaign 23 July 1942 to 23 January 1943) In another effort to take Port Moresby the Japanese landed troops at Buna, Gona, and Sanananda in July 1942. At first the Allies could offer only feeble resistance to the enemy forces that pushed southward through Papua, but the Allies were building up their strength in Australia. By mid September Fifth Air Force had superiority in the air over New Guinea, and the Japanese drive had been stopped. The Allies then began to push the enemy back, with Fifth Air Force ferrying supplies and reinforcements to the troops fighting in the jungle. Buna was taken on 2 January 1943, and enemy resistance at Sanananda ended three weeks later.
