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New Guinea Coast
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View over water towards the New Guinea coast from a boat. A larger boat is on the right and several smaller craft in the center. A pier is on the shoreline, and soldiers and indigenous people stand on the beach. Supplies are probably being transferred from the larger ship to smaller boats for the trip to a military camp. The jungle and a hill are in the background.
1942
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Beach Landing
November 1942
Soldiers land on the beach in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They use collapsible canvas boats to ferry men and equipment from small coastal vessels. Indigenous men help paddle the boats.
Canvas Boats Land on Beach
November 1942
Soldiers land on the beach in New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They use collapsible canvas boats to ferry men and equipment from small coastal vessels. Indigenous men help paddle the boat...
Indigenous Boys Help Soldiers
1942
Indigenous men help 32nd Division soldiers from units, originally from Wisconsin, who paddle in collapsible canvas boats to small coastal vessels. The man with the rifle (left) is a "police boy," w...
Port Moresby Harbor
February 5, 1944
General view of Port Moresby Harbor from road, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A jeep is on the road on the left. Several soldiers are near a shack at the gate opening onto the Royal Aus...
Small Vessels Carry Supplies
1943
Small fishing vessels carried supplies for troops marching up the coast towards Buna, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Here soldiers lower cases over the side to an outrigger canoe for th...
LST on Saidor Beach
January 2, 1944
LST (Landing Ship, Tank) on the beach at Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Soldiers are unloading vehicles and supplies for the Saidor landing. A bulldozer is on the left and anoth...
