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| Date: | 08 01 1943 |
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| Description: | Three soldiers from the U.S. 6th Army Division, from Detroit, (left to right), Private Ned Zaffaramo, Private First Class Richard Rheaume and Private Kamil... |
| Date: | 08 12 1943 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 08 12 1943 |
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| Description: | An indigenous youth weaves roofing for military buildings on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). |
| Date: | 08 16 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 05 1943 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 05 1944 |
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| Description: | Gordon Williams, of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and Stanley J. Quinn of the Mutual Broadcasting System, pose with two indigenous men in front ... |
| Date: | 02 28 1945 |
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| Description: | A Fita Fita Guard poses in his uniform of red cap, white skivvy shirt and white lava lava (a Samoan kilt). Shoes are not worn. The Fita Fita Guards are a s... |
| Date: | 02 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle wrote a caption for this image although it was not published at that time, "Fita Fita guard turns out daily at 8:00 a.m. for color raising cer... |
| Date: | 02 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle wrote a caption for this image although it was not published at that time, "Fita Fita guard turns out daily at 8:00 a.m. for color raising cer... |
| Date: | 03 02 1945 |
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| Description: | Indigenous villagers pose with Robert Doyle (7th from left) and NATS (Naval Air Transport Service) crew on Ella Island, Tarawa Atoll, in the South Pacific.... |
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