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Camp Scene from High Rock

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Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of a camp scene. Tents are pitched in rows with roads in between. Soldiers are walking along the roads. Two sold...
Photograph

Swinging Over Muddy Road

Date: 01 22 1944
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...
Photograph

Wrecker Stuck in the Mud

Date: 01 24 1944
Description: "Beach Road," Robert Doyle's caption in the Milwaukee Journal said it best, "Saidor travel Bureau never reports roads impassable as long as wheels a...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

View of Lavarone

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Description: View of town of Lavarone in the southwest battlefront.
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Red Crescent in the Desert

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Description: Caravan of Red Crescent soldiers traveling through the desert with supplies.
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Breaking Camp in the Mountains

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Description: Turkish soldiers breaking camp and packing up rucksacks in the mountains.
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Cattaro

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Description: Austrian compound on the Bocche (Bay) of Cattaro (Kotor).

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