Date: | 08 15 1943 |
---|---|
Description: | A soldier and four indigenous men shade their eyes as they watch planes take off and land at the Kiriwina Airfield on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, N... |
Date: | 09 19 1943 |
---|---|
Description: | Wisconsin paratroopers in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), pose holding a captured Japanese marine banner and pistol they brought b... |
Date: | 12 18 1943 |
---|---|
Description: | Robert Doyle's caption that accompanied this image reads, "Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, three times Governor of Wisconsin, poses in combat uni... |
Date: | 01 18 1944 |
---|---|
Description: | Six soldiers from Michigan pose with a captured Japanese gun. It may be a Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun. The soldiers were stationed ... |
Date: | 01 17 1944 |
---|---|
Description: | Eight soldiers from Wisconsin pose with a captured Japanese gun. It may be a Japanese 12.7-mm (Fixed Mount) Aircraft Machine Gun. The soldiers were station... |
Date: | 01 22 1944 |
---|---|
Description: | A soldier, Sergeant Robert Witzlsteiner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reads TIME magazine with his very muddy boots propped on a box. His rifle is across... |
Date: | 01 22 1944 |
---|---|
Description: | The Gun Section of Battalion A at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea) looks at gun sight held by their Sergeant. The soldier's names are (cro... |
Date: | 01 23 1944 |
---|---|
Description: | Catholic Mass at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The Chaplain is using the hood of a jeep as an altar. Several soldiers can be are in th... |
Date: | 01 23 1944 |
---|---|
Description: | Catholic Mass at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The Chaplain is using the hood of a jeep as an altar. Many soldiers surround the jeep a... |
Date: | 02 03 1944 |
---|---|
Description: | Artillerymen prepare to leave their camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea) on a patrol that would last several days. They were to search... |
Date: | 02 03 1944 |
---|---|
Description: | Artillery group leaving on patrol from camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Names: (Front to rear) Private First Class Stanley Prachn... |
Date: | 02 03 1944 |
---|---|
Description: | Private First Class Carl Krejci of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, carries a heavy load as he leaves on patrol from camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papu... |
Date: | 02 28 1945 |
---|---|
Description: | Robert Doyle wrote a caption for this image although it was not published at that time, "Fita Fita guard turns out daily at 8:00 a.m. for color raising cer... |
Date: | 02 28 1945 |
---|---|
Description: | Robert Doyle wrote a caption for this image although it was not published at that time, "Fita Fita guard turns out daily at 8:00 a.m. for color raising cer... |
Date: | 01 1943 |
---|---|
Description: | The Royal Papuan Constabulary stands at attention with their weapons in the Port Moresby area, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The constabulary ... |
Date: | 1942 |
---|---|
Description: | Indigenous men help 32nd Division soldiers from units, originally from Wisconsin, who paddle in collapsible canvas boats to small coastal vessels. The man ... |
Date: | 11 1942 |
---|---|
Description: | Soldiers land on the beach in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They use collapsible canvas boats to ferry men and equipment from small coastal ve... |
Date: | 10 24 1943 |
---|---|
Description: | Three officers of General Walter Krueger's staff stand on a log in front of a swimming hole located on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (p... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: