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Indigenous Plant

Date: 12 02 1943
Description: An Intelligence Officer smiles as he holds an indigenous plant with fruit on it used for food. A building is behind him with two signs, "Operations" and "O...
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Catholic Mass at Saidor

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...
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Catholic Mass at Saidor

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...
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Soldiers on Wrecked French Locomotive

Date: 10 13 1944
Description: Two soldiers pose on a wrecked French locomotive in Folligny, France. Names, (left to right) are Switchman Private First Class Kenneth Walters of St. Paul,...
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General MacArthur Greets a Soldier

Date: 12 14 1943
Description: Four Star General Douglas MacArthur greets Lieutenant Lyle Hershey of Lansing, Michigan, during a tour on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea...
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Two Technical Sergeants Relaxing

Date: 12 21 1943
Description: Technical Sergeant Leonard Stoltz (left) and Technical Sergeant Warren Fuhrman (right), both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, relax in front of a tent at a base in...
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Plane Spotters Burg and Dawson

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Seaman 2nd Class Jerry Burg (left) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Seaman 2nd Class Harold Dawson of Toledo, Ohio, man the plane spotting station on an Americ...
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PT Boats

Date: 01 12 1944
Description: View of two PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats from another PT boat, off of the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats ...
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Outdoor Kitchen Scene at Saidor

Date: 01 22 1944
Description: An outdoor kitchen scene at the military camp at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Soldiers from the 121st Field Artillery Battalion are l...
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Wisconsin Soldier Carries a Heavy Load

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...
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"Yank's Delight"

Date: 02 04 1944
Description: Elevated view of three soldiers working on the engine of a warplane at an airbase near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The plane h...
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Airfield at Steeple Morden

Date: 08 1944
Description: Elevated view of the airfield at Royal Air Force station Steeple Morden, located 3.5 miles west of Royston, Hertfordshire, England. The 355th Fighter Group...
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Airfield at Steeple Morden

Date: 08 1944
Description: Elevated view of the buildings at the airfield at Royal Air Force station Steeple Morden, located 3.5 miles west of Royston, Hertfordshire, England. The 35...
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The Bombing of Cezembre Island

Date: 08 31 1944
Description: View from shoreline of Cezembre Island, just north of Saint-Malo on the north coast of France. It was German-occupied until the Allies mounted an operation...
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Baseball Game on Kwajalein Island

Date: 02 22 1945
Description: An exhibition baseball game on a Naval Base on Kwajalein Island of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Both teams had Big League players drawn from ...
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Douglas C-54 Skymaster Aircraft

Date: 03 06 1945
Description: An ATC (Air Transport Command) Douglas C-54 Skymaster aircraft is being loaded by two soldiers at the air base on Kwajalein Island of the Marshall Islands ...
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LST on Saidor Beach

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: LST (Landing Ship, Tank) on the beach at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Soldiers are unloading vehicles and supplies for the Saidor lan...
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Wisconsin Artillery Officers

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Wisconsin artillery officers helping direct the shelling of the Japanese on Saidor's west flank (beyond the point in the background). The officers are, (le...
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Radio Guinea

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: Gordon Williams, of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Stanley J. Quinn of the Mutual Broadcasting System, pose with two indigenous men in front ...
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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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