Those Ragged Bloody HeroesThe Kokoda Trail is part of Australian military folklore. During July to September 1942, the Japanese aimed to capture Port Moresby by an overland crossing of the Owen Stanley Range and a landing in Milne Bay. To oppose a force of 10,000 crack Japanese troops on the Kokoda Trail, the Allies committed one under trained and poorly equipped unitthe 39th Battalion, later reinforced by Veterans of the 21st Brigade, 7th Division AIF. These were the men of