Media coverage of the 65th anniversary
Darwin commemorates bombing anniversary: The Age, 19 February 2007 (also published in the Sydney Morning Herald). “As a new generation of American and Australian military men and women confront the threat of terrorism against the free world we remember the bonds on which our alliance was built, the history which our two countries share,” said US Ambassador Robert McCallum at the Darwin ceremony.
Meet Natimuk’s Darwin Defender: Transcript of an ABC local radio interview with Tim Boehm, a Darwin Defender with the 19th Machine Gun Battalion, made up mainly of men from the Wimmera district of Victoria. “He [the Zero pilot] wasn’t very far away, certainly within vision. I can still see him now. It was close enough for me.”
Aussies remember Japanese air raid: Short article on DailyIndia.com news site.
F/A-18, sirens mark air raid anniversary: Short news item on ABC Northern Territory news site.
The Road to War: description of an ABC Radio program about the Stuart Highway’s role as a vital link between Alice Springs and Darwin during World War II. Includes photos and quotes from veterans.