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War Correspondents in Jeep
September 4, 1943
War correspondents in Port Moresby wait in the back of a jeep the night before a paratroop landing near Lae, a Japanese-held airfield in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
Motor Pool Dispatcher
November 30, 1943
Motor Pool Dispatcher Sergeant Alex Petro of Racine, Wisconsin, fuels a jeep near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). He is a member of the 245th Bomb Group (B-25) Squadron.
War Correspondent in Combat Suit
September 29, 1943
Bob Eunson of Associated Press at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), dressed in a "combat suit." He is wearing a pack on his back and carries a machete.
Three War Correspondents
November 13, 1943
View looking up at three war correspondents, (left to right), Robert Doyle of the Milwaukee Journal, Bob Eunson of Associated Press and Ralph Boyce of YANK Army Weekly magazine take a smoking break...
War Correspondent and Two Soldiers
December 5, 1943
Robert Doyle poses in his undershorts between Private Gerald Minkin of Ironwood, Michigan (left) and Private First Class Samuel "Slim" Lanham of Louisville, Kentucky (right). Both soldiers are smok...
Paratroopers
September 5, 1943
Paratroopers at a Drome (airfield) near Port Moresby, preparing to take off for a landing at Nadzab near Lae. Lae is a Japanese-held airfield in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). The airpl...
