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Soldier in Jeep Sedan

Date: 07 15 1943
Description: Corporal Earl Foster, a mechanic in a quartermaster unit, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, at the wheel of a jeep sedan at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Driv...
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Military Truck Driving Through Mud

Date: 08 15 1943
Description: Three soldiers in a truck drive through mud on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Jungle foliage is in the back...
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Robert Doyle and Captain Money

Date: 11 05 1943
Description: Robert Doyle and Australian Captain William (Bill) A. Money, chat on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). In t...
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Wrecker Stuck in the Mud

Date: 01 24 1944
Description: "Beach Road," Robert Doyle's caption in the Milwaukee Journal said it best, "Saidor travel Bureau never reports roads impassable as long as wheels a...
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New Guinea Coast

Date: 1942
Description: View over water towards the New Guinea coast from a boat. A larger boat is on the right and several smaller craft in the center. A pier is on the shoreline...
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Prisoners of War in a Truck Bed

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: A work shift of German prisoners at a prisoner of war camp are being loaded onto a truck to be conveyed to work at a local cannery.

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