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| Date: | 12 18 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle's caption that accompanied this image reads, "Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, three times Governor of Wisconsin, poses in combat uni... |
| Date: | 12 18 1943 |
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| Description: | War Correspondent Robert Doyle and Lieutenant Colonel Philip F. La Follette, wearing combat uniform, chat while standing on a shoreline. Lieutenant Colonel... |
| Date: | 12 21 1943 |
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| Description: | Technical Sergeant Leonard Stoltz (left) and Technical Sergeant Warren Fuhrman (right), both of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, relax in front of a tent at a base in... |
| Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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| Description: | At 8:30 am, military vehicles pour off of the LST (Landing Ship, Tank) and along the beach at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Doyle's ca... |
| Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Soldiers on a tank destroyer in the jungle at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A soldier in the foreground appears to be moving some bran... |
| Date: | 01 11 1944 |
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| Description: | A soldier is standing on the ramp leading to the camp toilet suspended over the water, with a roll of toilet paper sitting on the edge. On the right is a w... |
| 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 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 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 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: | 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... |
| Date: | 01 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Sergeant Ed Gigowski of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, plays his accordion for some members of the 121st Field Artillery Battalion at Saidor, New Guinea (present da... |
| Date: | 01 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Catholic Mass at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The Chaplain is using the hood of a jeep as an altar. Several soldiers can be are in th... |
| Date: | 01 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Catholic Mass at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The Chaplain is using the hood of a jeep as an altar. Many soldiers surround the jeep a... |
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