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| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two soldiers sitting and talking in Panama as one of them is cleaning his weapons. One man is sitting on a bed holding a machete and cleaning it with a tow... |
| Date: | 08 19 1943 |
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| 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 ... |
| 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: | 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 22 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Artillery group leaving on patrol from camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Names: (Front to rear) Private First Class Stanley Prachn... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Private First Class Carl Krejci of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, carries a heavy load as he leaves on patrol from camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papu... |
| Date: | 02 03 1944 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the crew of a 105 mm gun at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldier with his back to the camera, at the ra... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Tank crew at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldier's names are, (standing) Sergeant William Preston of San Francisco, California, ... |
| Date: | 02 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Tank crew at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The soldier's names are, (top, left to right) Corporal Jim Malliares of Lowell, Massachuset... |
| Date: | 01 07 1943 |
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| Description: | Text attached to a print made from the negative reads, "This photo of me with a Papuan native carrier was made near Buna early in January. This fellow with... |
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