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Two Soldiers Inspect a Knife

Date: 08 19 1943
Description: Two soldiers inspect a knife at Kiriwina Beach Camp on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They are standing in ...
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Paratroopers

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Paratroopers at a Drome (airfield) near Port Moresby, preparing to take off for a landing at Nadzab near Lae. Lae is a Japanese-held airfield in New Guinea...
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Wisconsin Paratroopers

Date: 09 19 1943
Description: Wisconsin paratroopers in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), pose holding a captured Japanese marine banner and pistol they brought b...
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War Correspondent in Combat Suit

Date: 09 29 1943
Description: Bob Eunson of Associated Press at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), dressed in a "combat suit." He is wearing a pack on his back and...
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Twins at Lister Bag

Date: 11 04 1943
Description: Twin soldiers, Corporal John Kellner (left) and Private First Class Bob Kellner (right) of Milwaukee get a drink at the lister bag, in the camp on Goodenou...
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Major and Indigenous Man

Date: 11 05 1943
Description: Major Austin Henry of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, poses with an indigenous man in front of the medical tent at the military camp on Woodlark Island, in the Solom...
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Infantry Combat Team Training

Date: 11 08 1943
Description: 32nd Division Infantry Combat Team landing from LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) in a practice exercise. Soldiers are running down a ramp, then up a rocky beac...
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American Warship

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Elevated view from aboard ship looking down on a soldier in a turret operating a range finder. These warships were participating in the heavy bombardment o...
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Navigation Instruments on an American Warship

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Navigation instruments on an American cruiser were checked by Lieutenant Commander Leonard Meyer of Appleton. Three other crew members are nearby. The crui...
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Loaded Deck for Saidor Landing

Date: 12 31 1943
Description: Elevated view of the loaded deck of a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) on the way from Goodenough Island to Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). On t...
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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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Soldiers Pushing Jeep

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: Soldiers push a jeep that is stuck on the rocky beach at the Saidor landing. The open front of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) is on the left. Another LST can...
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Wisconsin Soldiers at Saidor with Enemy Marine Caps

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: Robert Doyle's caption reads, "Wisconsin artillerymen hold Japanese caps they found a few minutes after landing at Saidor, New Guinea. Left to right are Wa...
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War Correspondents at Saidor

Date: 01 02 1944
Description: Three war correspondents at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Names (left to right) are, unknown man with camera, John Scarlett of Austral...
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War Correspondent Leaving for Cape Gloucester

Date: 01 11 1944
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...
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Michigan Soldiers and Captured Japanese Machine Gun

Date: 01 18 1944
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 ...
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Gun Section of Battalion A

Date: 01 22 1944
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...
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Soldiers and Officers in Gun Pit

Date: 01 22 1944
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...
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Wisconsin Officer and Soldier Looking at Notebook

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Two Wisconsin servicemen, Lieutenant Colonel Harvey W. Storm of Merrill and Private First Class Dorrison Buros of Viroqua, look at a notebook at the milita...
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Artillerymen Leave Camp on Patrol

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Artillerymen prepare to leave their camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea) on a patrol that would last several days. They were to search...

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