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Three Boys Building Roof

Date: 08 12 1943
Description: Three indigenous boys building a roof out of what appears to be palm fronds at Combat Team Headquarters on Kiriwina Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea ...
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Youth Weaving Roofing

Date: 08 12 1943
Description: An indigenous youth weaves roofing for military buildings on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
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Village on Kiriwina Island

Date: 08 15 1943
Description: View of the backyards of several dwellings in an indigenous village on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
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Airfield Aid Station

Date: 08 22 1943
Description: Major Howard Pagel (left) of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, and Captain Walter King (right) of Waco, Texas, stand together in front of the airfield aid station at t...

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