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| Date: | 01 25 1944 |
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| Description: | Soldiers play a crap game at an air base near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Soldiers and officers relax in the "Tropical Inn," a tent that has seating and a raised wooden floor, at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).... |
| Date: | 02 05 1944 |
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| Description: | View from road of the exterior of the Allied Officers' Club in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). It is built on posts above the wate... |
| Date: | 02 20 1945 |
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| Description: | Two men enjoy a nude sun bath on Buster Island in the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, in the South Pacific. The man on the right, wearing only boots, is... |
| Date: | 02 20 1945 |
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| Description: | The caption in the Milwaukee Journal, says it best, "From the far-off Pacific (somewhere on Kwajalein), the picture of Ensign Ray Hanson and Robert ... |
| Date: | 02 22 1945 |
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| Description: | An exhibition baseball game on a Naval Base on Kwajalein Island of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Both teams had Big League players drawn from ... |
| Date: | 02 22 1945 |
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| Description: | The batter swings at an exhibition baseball game on a Naval Base on Kwajalein Island of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Both teams had Big Leagu... |
| Date: | 03 02 1945 |
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| Description: | A homemade motorboat on the beach on Tarawa Atoll in the South Pacific. Robert Doyle notes that "belly tanks" were used in the boat construction. A buildin... |
| Date: | 11 01 1942 |
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| Description: | A group of war correspondents enjoy a beverage together at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They are dressed in uniform. Identified... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Four war correspondents pose for a gag photo. Identified (left to right) Frank Morris, Collier's Magazine; Harold Smith, Chicago Tribune; Ray... |
| Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle's caption for Image ID: 99742 says it best, "The ol' swimmin' hole, South Pacific style. Every afternoon it is filled with shouting soldiers i... |
| Date: | 10 24 1943 |
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| Description: | Three officers of General Walter Krueger's staff stand on a log in front of a swimming hole located on Goodenough Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (p... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Robert Ryan, as Lefty O'Doyle, is seen boxing against a man in a white martial arts uniform. Ryan has hit the man who is falling backwards. Japanese men in... |
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| Description: | Two campers kneel on a blanket on the ground, demonstrating bandaging. Several other campers are gathered around the blanket, some on the ground, some stan... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two sailors and two women are seated at a table smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, while another woman stands playing an accordion for them. Around the ... |
| Date: | 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people examining display cases in a gymnasium containing objects from the French Gratitude Train. Two U.S. flags are hanging at the far en... |
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