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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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Swimming Hole in the South Pacific

Date: 10 24 1943
Description: Robert Doyle's caption says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers in their birthday sui...
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Trucks and Jeeps at Saidor Landing

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: At 8:30 am, military vehicles pour off of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and along the beach at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Doyle's ca...
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Islands Near Pago Pago

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: Robert Doyle notes, "Strange island near Pago Pago." He was on Tutuila Island, in American Samoa, in the South Pacific. Palm trees are growing on the shore...
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Soldiers on Bridge

Date: 1943
Description: Soldiers in battle gear, holding rifles, marching in a long line across a wooden bridge. Across the water is a building on the shoreline with the jungle be...
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Tank Fording a River

Date: 1944
Description: Elevated view of a tank fording a river. Two soldiers are standing in the hatches on the gun turret, with another soldier in a partially opened hatch below...
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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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Mountain Swimming Hole in the South Pacific

Date: 10 24 1943
Description: Robert Doyle's caption for Image ID: 99742 says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers i...
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Posing By the Swimming Hole

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...

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