Date: | 01 11 1944 |
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Description: | War correspondent Murlin Spencer of Associated Press is loaded down with his gear as he prepares to leave Dreger Harbor for Cape Gloucester, New Guinea (pr... |
Date: | 01 12 1944 |
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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 ... |
Date: | 01 12 1944 |
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Description: | View of a PT (Patrol Torpedo) boat from another PT boat, off of the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). PT (Patrol Torpedo) boats wer... |
Date: | 01 13 1944 |
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Description: | Military trucks, jeeps and planes at the Lae Airstrip, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Lae was a Japanese occupied airstrip until September 16, ... |
Date: | 01 13 1944 |
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Description: | Soldiers relax and wait for flights at the Nadzab Air Freight building. One soldier leans on the corner of the building. Another soldier, possibly Major Me... |
Date: | 01 13 1944 |
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Description: | An animal caught at the Nadzab Airport. Robert Doyle described it as a "Possum-like animal, White thick fur with brown splotches - Pink face, feet. Big eye... |
Date: | 01 14 1944 |
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Description: | Two officers sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Gui... |
Date: | 01 14 1944 |
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Description: | Three men sit on improvised seats (boards on barrels) at the T-Beach Whittling Club, located on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea... |
Date: | 01 18 1944 |
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Description: | Robert Doyle shaves while looking in a mirror suspended from a hammock with a rain tarp in the military camp at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New G... |
Date: | 01 18 1944 |
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Description: | Hammocks with rain tarps in the tree-shaded Headquarters area of the military camp at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Tents and jeeps ar... |
Date: | 01 18 1944 |
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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 |
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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 18 1944 |
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Description: | Three soldiers view an old damaged indigenous suspension bridge. The soldier with a rifle on the right is Private Marion Tewalt of Viroqua, Wisconsin. The ... |
Date: | 01 18 1944 |
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Description: | Officers sit down together for a meal at the Task Force Headquarters Mess in the military camp at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). One so... |
Date: | 01 21 1944 |
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Description: | Corporal Andrew Starkie of Chicago, Illinois, stands next to the flagpole on a LCV (Landing Craft, Vehicle) off of the coast of Saidor, New Guinea (present... |
Date: | 01 22 1944 |
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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 |
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Description: | Sergeant Walter Schaefer of Port Washington, Wisconsin, swings from a rope over an extremely muddy road just after a truck has just driven through at a mil... |
Date: | 01 22 1944 |
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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 22 1944 |
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Description: | Artillerymen of Battalion A are ready for an enemy attack in a gun pit, at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A knife is standing point dow... |
Date: | 01 22 1944 |
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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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