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Navigator Lieutenant Fred Radtke of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, poses while perched on the side of a jeep. The base is near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Tents are in the background.
December 2, 1943
Doyle, Robert J., 1914-1995
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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 Correspondents
August 31, 1943
Group portrait of war correspondents at Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Robert Doyle is in the center.
Australian Soldier in Port Moresby
February 5, 1944
Aussie Military Policeman standing on a Port Moresby main street with his hand raised, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Jeeps and soldiers are on the street behind him.
Indigenous Plant
December 2, 1943
An Intelligence Officer smiles as he holds an indigenous plant with fruit on it used for food. A building is behind him with two signs, "Operations" and "Orderly Room." Two jeeps are parked in the ...
Warplane Tail Art
December 1, 1943
Skull and bombs tail art on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator warplane at New Guinea Airfield near Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A soldier is sitting in the gun door. A Repub...
