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Robert Doyle and Indigenous Man
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Text attached to a print made from the negative reads, "This photo of me with a Papuan native carrier was made near Buna early in January. This fellow with his shorts is a bit overdressed. Most of the carriers wear only g-strings. Object in my hand is a flat tin needed to keep cigarets [sic] dry in moist climate. Please paint out cartridge clip holder on my belt under my left hand if you use the picture. (Carrying of arms by correspondents is prohibited.) I am wearing green jungle suit. Wrist watch worn on lapel to prevent sweating out strap." The photo and caption were passed by the censors. However, on the reverse it reads, "(Return w questions)." The image was taken after the Allies captured Buna, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The jungle is in the background.
January 7, 1943
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Enemy Cannon
September 29, 1943
Robert Doyle seated on a Japanese cannon in Buna, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The Battle of Buna-Gona took place between November 16th, 1942 and January 2nd, 1943.
Cemetery at Buna
September 10, 1943
Crosses in the cemetery at Buna. Buildings and tents are in the background among trees. The American Forces lost 798 soldiers, and the Australians lost 2,700, in the Buna-Gona Campaign. It was repo...
Robert Doyle in Pillbox
January 1943
Robert Doyle emerges from a captured Japanese pillbox at Buna, New Guinea, (present day Papua New Guinea). The pillbox is built of dirt, logs and foliage.
Military Truck Driving Through Mud
August 15, 1943
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 background.
Tail of Passenger Transport Aircraft
October 21, 1943
Tail of a Lodestar aircraft at Townsville Airfield, Queensland, Australia. The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar was a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II-era. The caption written for the new...
Soldiers on Bridge
1943
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 behind it. The location is probably in New G...
