The remains of World War II Soldier Pvt. 1st Class Willard H. Brinks will be interred May 19, at Garfield Park Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Brinks was reported killed in action Nov. 22, 1942, at age 24, near the Soputa-Sanananda Track - the first day of the Allied attack. His unit was part of an action to neutralize the Japanese threat to Port Moresby. Brinks’ unit attempted to flank the enemy defensive lines stretched across the Sanananda Track in northern Papua.
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