Kapa Kapa Trail

Kapa Kapa Trail is a mountain trail that stretches from Kapa Kapa village on the south coast of Papua New Guinea, across the Owen Stanley Range. The Kapa Kapa Trail ran parallel to the southeast of the Kokoda Track.

General Douglas MacArthur issued orders for United States forces to take the Kapa Kapa Trail running parallel to the Kokada Track in an effort to entrap the Imperial Japanese troops between the two allied forces.

The 2nd Battalion of the 126th Infantry Regiment trekked over the trail and reached Jaure on 25 October 1942, many of its men were suffering from malaria and other fevers. Upon hearing of the condition of the 2nd Battalion after its crossing of the Owen Stanleys via the Kapa Kapa Trail, the 32nd Division commander, Major General Edwin F. Harding requested that the rest of his troops be airlifted over the Owen Stanleys to Fasari and Pongani.

References

* [http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/png_kapa_kapa_trail.html Kapa Kapa Trail]
* [http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/oct42/f01oct42.htm Chronology of World War II]