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Robert Doyle Shaving
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Robert Doyle shaves while looking in a mirror suspended from a hammock with a rain tarp in the military camp at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Sand bags are stacked to create an alcove, and his helmet is hanging from a branch, probably full of water. A towel is hanging on the right, and clothes are stacked on the left.
January 18, 1944
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Hammocks in Headquarters Area
January 18, 1944
Hammocks with rain tarps in the tree-shaded Headquarters area of the military camp at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Tents and jeeps are parked in mud. Robert Doyle wrote a capt...
Soldier with Muddy Boots Reading TIME Magazine
January 22, 1944
A soldier, Sergeant Robert Witzlsteiner of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, reads TIME magazine with his very muddy boots propped on a box. His rifle is across his lap. The military camp is at Saidor, New Gui...
Wisconsin Officer and Soldier Looking at Notebook
February 3, 1944
Two Wisconsin servicemen, Lieutenant Colonel Harvey W. Storm of Merrill and Private First Class Dorrison Buros of Viroqua, look at a notebook at the military camp at Saidor, New Guinea (present day...
Robert Doyle on Tank Landing Ship
January 2, 1944
Robert Doyle on a LST (Landing Ship, Tank) after the landing at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). He has binoculars in his hands.
Piper Cub and Pilot on Saidor Airstrip
February 4, 1944
Pilot Staff Sergeant James P. Baldwin of Houston, Texas, poses standing with his Piper Cub at the Saidor Airstrip, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea).
Military Chaplain's First Plane Ride
January 23, 1944
Chaplain Lieutenant Anthony E. Burakowski of Fairfield, Connecticut, arrives in a Piper Cub, a "grasshopper" observation airplane at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). It was his fi...
