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War Correspondents Socializing
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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 (left to right) Geoffrey Reading, Sydney Daily Mirror; Dean Schedler, Associated Press; E.R. Noderer, Chicago Tribune; George Johnston, Melbourne Argus; Colonel Vial, Australian Imperial Forces Intelligence; Robert Doyle, Milwaukee Journal and Lieutenant Colonel George Fenton, Australian Imperial Forces Press Relations Officer.
November 1, 1942
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New Guinea Agrees with War Correspondents
November 1, 1942
War correspondents, whose typewriters and cameras keep the world informed of action in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea), live together in a large hut near Port Moresby. They are posed on o...
Regimental Surgeon
August 13, 1943
Major Howard Pagel of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, poses for a photo on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Notes by Robert Doyle, "Engr. Reg., Regimental Surgeo...
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.
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.
Aussie Press Hut
1942
War correspondents pose for a group portrait in the Aussie Press Hut in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Names, (front, left to right) Bob Eunson of Associated Press, Dean S...
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).
