Japanese Retreat
Considering how the bodies were positioned on the field, Freeman was able to distinguish which of the bodies had been Japanese and Australian troops. Apart from that, he also used the weapons they had to tell them apart. There had been 70 Australian soldiers who died on that field and hundreds more had been wounded in the encounter and yet the Diggers were able to drive the Japanese away from their territory. They must have buried some of the Imperial soldiers later on and the site became a mass grave for all the people who died from the battle. Despite these efforts, however, there were still some soldiers that had been left un-buried above the ground.
Japanese Retreat
Unique Site
The site had been a unique place, that much is for sure. It had been known as a battlefield where both soldiers and weapons had lain in the same place where the battle had taken place. The battlefield had been safely hidden under the canopy of jungle trees the entire time. Impressively, the site had been untouched for about 70 years. Only the people of Alolo had been aware of the secret of their grounds. These people had never attempted to seek out this place, afraid that the spirits would come after them. The place had been their village secret and they had avoided it to respect the spirits that had died there.
Unique Site
