Explore items from Melanesia

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-09. A BULLDOZER OF THE 870TH UNITED STATES ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION PUSHING A TREE DOWN DURING A JUNGLE CLEARING OPERATION FOR THE NEW BOMBER AIRSTRIP TO BE ..

SOGERI, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-20. A CLASS STUDYING THE USE OF WIRELESS DURING WAR TIME, AT THE SCHOOL OF SIGNALS, NEW GUINEA FORCE

WEBER POINT, MALALAMAI, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-09. MEMBERS OF "B" COMPANY, 30TH INFANTRY BATTALION, FOLLOWING A MUDDY TRACK BETWEEN WEBER POINT AND MALALAMAI. THEY HAVE BEEN ADVANCING FROM ROINJI (2) ..

SOGERI, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-20. A TIMBER HAULING TRUCK OF THE SCHOOL OF SIGNALS, NEW GUINEA FORCE MOVING ALONG A MUDDY JUNGLE TRACK TO PICK UP A LOAD OF LOGS FOR THE SAWMILL

YAGOMAI, NEW GUINEA, 1944-02-10. PRIVATE NEIL WAHLMAN (1) OF MAINE, PICTURED WITH SERGEANT JOHN D. WHORTON (2) OF GEORGIA, MANNING THE TWIN 50-CALIBRE GUNS. BOTH ARE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ..

SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING THROUGH THICK TROPICAL UNDERGROWTH BEHIND AN ADVANCING TANK OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK ..

FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-13. SUPPLIES BEING ISSUED ON THE DAY THE NEW CANTEEN ISSUING POINT, FOWARD AREA, WAS OPENED

SATTELBERG AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-17. TROOPS OF THE 2/48TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION MOVING THROUGH THICK TROPICAL UNDERGROWTH BEHIND AN ADVANCING TANK OF THE 1ST AUSTRALIAN ARMY TANK ..

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-27. THE NO 1 GUN EMPLACEMENT AT BOOTLESS BATTERY COAST ARTILLERY WITH THE LOADING PLATFORM RAISED BY BLOCK AND TACKLE TO SHOW CONSTRUCTION ON THE UNDERSIDE ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-03-25. ONE OF ADJOINING PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING THE OFFICERS' MESS, OFFICERS' QUARTERS AND QUARTERS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT HEADQUARTERS LAE BASE SUB-AREA. THE RECREATION GROUND IS ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-27. ONE OF A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS VIEWING THE WHARVES, SHIPPING, NEW ROADS, BUILDINGS AND THE AIRSTRIP WITH SALAMAUA POINT IN THE BACKGROUND. (JOINS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS ..

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-24. VX43600 LIEUTENANT S. PENGELLY (1), WITH NX27041 WARRANT OFFICER CLASS 2 R. THOMPSON (2), IN THE AREA OF WORKSHOPS AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS AT THE 2/125TH BRIGADE ..