Halo wantok!

1943-08-11. NEW GUINEA. AN AUSTRALIAN PATROL MOVES FORWARD THROUGH SHATTERED TIMBER TO OBSERVATORY HILL, ALMOST DIRECTLY NORTH OF MUBO. THE ADVANCE WAS FACILITATED BY WHAT THEN WAS THE BIGGEST AIR ..

New Britain. December 1943. Landing craft take the American assault troops to the inhospitable shores at Arawe. Although comparatively few casualties were incurred in landing despite enemy ..

1943-08-14. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. HEADQUARTERS OF AN AMERICAN BATTERY ON MOUNT TAMBU, WHICH HAS PROVED OF INVALUABLE HELP TO THE ALLIED TROOPS IN THIS AREA. CORPORAL JOHN GOODWIN OF IDAHO FALLS ..

New Britain. December 1943. A group of American forces return to their advance base at Arawe after completing a patrol of the area captured recently from the Japanese. Despite their experiences the ..

1943-08-19. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. LT. STAN CONDON, OF MUDGEE, N.S.W. WALKING BACK FROM THE FRONT LINE AT MOUNT TAMBU, TO AN ADVANCED DRESSING STATION AFTER HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED IN THE FIGHTING ..

1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. SGT. WILLIAM ROOF, OF MARYVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AND SGT. WIN. BEATTY, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, PREPARING THEIR MEAL AT A CAMP THEY MADE ON MOUNT TAMBU BY STRAPPING ..

New Britain. December 1943. Captain Edward Wright of Dallas, Texas, displays his tin hat which was punctured by rifle fire from the Japanese defenders at Arawe. The two holes are plainly visible

1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. A WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIER BEING CARRIED FROM THE ADVANCED DRESSING STATION AT HOUSE BANANA PRIOR TO BEING HANDED OVER TO THE NATIVE BEARERS, KNOWN AS ..

1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. THIS AMERICAN FIELD PIECE, IN PARTS WEIGHTING 100 TO 250 POUNDS, WAS CARRIED OVER THE PRECIPITOUS LABABIA RIDGE, FROM NASSAU BAY TO MOUNT TAMBU, TO BOMBARD THE ..

1943-08-16. NEW GUINEA. MOUNT TAMBU. A WOUNDED AMERICAN SOLDIER BEING CARRIED FROM THE ADVANCED DRESSING STATION AT HOUSE BANANA PRIOR TO BEING HANDED OVER TO THE NATIVE BEARERS, KNOWN AS FUZZY ..

1943-08-30. NEW GUINEA. PTE. CHARLES WALKER OF ARMADALE, VICTORIA, AND PTE. CECIL ROBINSON OF ST. ARNAUD, VIC., LOADING A THREE INCH MORTAR ON MOUNT TAMBU. IN THE BITTER FIGHTING IN THIS AREA BOTH ..

1943-08-20. AN AUSTRALIAN ARMY CONVALESCENT DEPOT. THE SPIRIT THROUGHOUT THE CAMP IS THAT OF MEN ON HOLIDAY AND AS ONE BOY FROM NEW GUINEA PUT IT "TO THINK THE ARMY PAYS US FOR IT". THE BEACH ..