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Milne Bay

Date: 08 11 1943
Description: A view of Milne Bay, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), from the sea. A ship can be seen on the right, at the shoreline.
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Crew on Higgins Boat

Date: 08 11 1943
Description: Crew of four aboard a Higgins boat, also known as a LCVP, which stands for "Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel." Their names, left to right, are Fireman 1st...
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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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Boys Peeling Yams

Date: 08 12 1943
Description: Two indigenous boys peel yams on Kiriwina Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua 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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Regimental Surgeon

Date: 08 13 1943
Description: Major Howard Pagel of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, poses for a photo on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Notes by Ro...
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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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Military Truck Driving Through Mud

Date: 08 15 1943
Description: 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 back...
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Indigenous Men Building Roof

Date: 08 16 1943
Description: Five indigenous workers balance on timbers while building the framing for a roof on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New G...
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Soldier Taking a Shower

Date: 08 16 1943
Description: Private Clarence Charneski, Surgical Technician-Medical Detachment, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, takes an improvised outdoor shower under a bucket at a militar...
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Two Indigenous Women

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A young indigenous woman wearing a flower in her hair poses with an older woman who is balancing a basket on her head on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea...
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Soldiers at Slit Trench

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: Soldiers working on slit trench in the rain on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They all hail from Michigan. ...
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Soldier with His Pet Coati

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: Corporal Marcell Vanden Heuval, from Grand Rapids, Michigan, poses with his coati named "Speedy" perched on his shoulder. He was a cook at the military cam...
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Climbing for Coconuts

Date: 08 24 1943
Description: An indigenous man climbs a coconut palm to harvest coconuts on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). His feet are ...
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Two Kiriwina Island Children

Date: 08 28 1943
Description: View looking up at an upset indigenous toddler wearing a banner around his middle with "1944" pasted on it. He is holding a pair of sunglasses and standing...
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Two Soldiers

Date: 08 29 1943
Description: Two Wisconsin cousins, (left) Corporal Englund Johnson, bomber waist gunner, of Park Falls and (right) Sergeant Donald Englund, airplane engine mechanic, o...
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Trucks and Plane at the Airfield

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Trucks at a Drome (airfield) near Port Moresby, wait while paratroopers prepare to take off for a landing at Nadzab near Lae. Lae is a Japanese-held airfie...
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Military Aircraft

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Military aircraft at a Drome (airfield) near Port Moresby, preparing to take off for a landing at Nadzab near Lae. The aircraft in the foreground is named ...
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Island Jetty Dock

Date: 10 26 1943
Description: A warship moored at the Island Jetty Dock on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A palm tree is silhouetted o...
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Military Laundry

Date: 11 30 1943
Description: Elevated view of the Rough Raider Squadron Laundry, serving 100 customers a day. Eight soldiers can be seen, some working, some watching, and one soldier c...

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