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1943-01-14. PAPUA. BUNA. SILKEN JAPANESE FLAG IS USED AS A BARBER'S TOWEL. BARBER IS CPL. L. LOBADA OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN. HIS CUSTOMER IS FIRST/LIEUT. W.A. SIKKEL OF HOLLAND, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. ..

1943-01-14. NEW GUINEA. GENERALS AT BATTLEFIELDS. AGAINST SEEMINGLY IMPREGNABLE DEFENCES WHICH THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ALLIED LAND FORCES, GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY SAID EQUALLED THE BEST OF ..

1943-01-14. ROAD BUILDERS FOLLOWING UP THE ADVANCING ALLIED TROOPS. TANKS SLITHERED ALONG THIS PATH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE JAPS AND INFANTRY CARRYING HEAVY EQUIPMENT, OFTEN SANK TO THEIR KNEES IN ..

1943-01-14. ROAD BUILDERS FOLLOWING UP THE ADVANCING ALLIED TROOPS. TANKS SLITHERED ALONG THIS PATH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE JAPS AND INFANTRY, CARRYING HEAVY EQUIPMENT, OFTEN SANK TO THEIR KNEES ..

1943-01-14. A ROUGH BRIDGE ACROSS ONE OF THE SWAMPS WHICH ALLIED TROOPS HAD TO CROSS IN THEIR ADVANCE ON BUNA. THE JAPS MADE THE GREATEST POSSIBLE USE OF THOSE NATURAL DEFENCES, AND WERE ONLY ..

1943-01-22. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. A WOUNDED AUSTRALIAN IS PLACED ON A JEEP BY NATIVE BEARERS

1943-01-14. ROAD BUILDERS FOLLOWING UP THE ADVANCING ALLIED TROOPS. TANKS SLITHERED ALONG THIS PATH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE JAPS AND INFANTRY, CARRYING HEAVY EQUIPMENT, OFTEN SANK TO THEIR KNEES ..

1943-01-22. PAPUA. A FORWARD SECTION POST IN THE SANANANDA AREA OF 2/7TH CAVALRY REGIMENT. LEFT TO RIGHT: TROOPERS K. MUIRY (OR R. FLINT?), G. SCOTT, TOM MACADIE (OR G. WHITE?)

1943-01-21. PAPUA. BUNA. AMERICAN RE-INFORCEMENTS MOVE UP TO THE FRONT LINE, PAUSE AT A TRANSIT CAMP FOR A MEAL. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-01-22. PAPUA. ALLIED TROOPS ON THE MOVE FROM BUNA TO SANANANDA BY SMALL RIVER CRAFT

1943-01-25. PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUNNERS TRY OUT A CAPTURED JAPANESE HEAVY MACHINE, CAPTURED IN THE FIGHTING AT SANANANDA. THE JAP CREW OF ..

1943-01-22. PAPUA. SANANANDA. AN AUSTRALIAN WITH AN OWEN GUN IN THE DENSE JUNGLE IN THE SANANANDA AREA