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1943-05-07. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. AN ALLIED VESSEL WAS HIT DURING THE 1943-04-14, JAPANESE RAID ON MILNE BAY. PICTURE SHOWS FROZEN MEAT BEING SALVAGED FROM THE DAMAGED VESSEL. (NEGATIVE BY N. ..

1943-05-10. NEW GUINEA. CIVIL CONSTRUCTION CORPS IN NEW GUINEA, THE C.C.C. WHICH HAS DONE INVALUABLE WORK IN AUSTRALIA'S WAR EFFORT IS NOW ON THE JOB IN NEW GUINEA. VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CORPS WERE ..

1943-05-10. NEW GUINEA. PHOTO SHOWS CIVIL CONTRIBUTION CORPS WORKER MR J. C. COOPER 57 OF SYDNEY ENGAGED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING FOR THE ALLIED ARMY. COOPER SERVED IN THE MERCHANT MARINES ..

1943-05-11. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. ARMY STOCKMEN DROVING SHEEP INTO PENS AT MILNE BAY SLAUGHTER YARDS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-11. NEW GUINEA. MILNE BAY. ARMY STOCKMEN WITH SHEEP AT SLAUGHTER YARDS AT MILNE BAY. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-19. NEW GUINEA. ORA BAY. SHIP SUNK BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IN 1943-03. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-19. NEW GUINEA. ORO BAY. A JEEP WAITS ON LANDING FOR TRANSPORT BY PONTOON FERRY ACROSS THE RIVER AT ORO BAY. NATIVES HAUL THE PONTOON BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)

1943-05-19. NEW GUINEA. GONA. THIS WRECKED JAPANESE SHIP "AYATOSAN MARU", SUNK BY ALLIED AIRCRAFT DURING THE BATTLE OF GONA. IT IS NOW USED FOR TARGET PRACTICE BY ALLIED FORCES AT GONA BEACH. ..

1943-05-17. SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. AIRCRAFT GROUND CREW SIT IN ON A GAME OF CARDS. LEFT TO RIGHT CORP. RALPH LOFTIN (NORTH CAROLINA; CORP. W.H. POTEET (MISSOURI); CORP DEWEY REID (NORTH CAROLINA) ..

1943-05-17. NEW GUINEA. GONA. JUNGLE CHAPEL USED BY AN AMERICAN INFANTRY SECTION AT GONA. PICTURE SHOWS CAHPLAIN MARCUS W. JOHNSON OF NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, CONDUCTING THE SERVICE. (NEGATIVE BY N. ..

1943-05-19. NEW GUINEA. ORO BAY ALLIED SHIP SUNK BY JAPANESE BOMBS 1943-03. JOHN E. JOHNSTONE AND CAPT. J.W. HERD, SALVAGE DIVERS, (WHO HANDLED SALVAGE OF GOLD FROM THE "NIAGARA") INSPECT SUNKEN ..

1943-05-19. NEW GUINEA. GONA. ALLIED TROOPS UNLOADING BARBED WIRE AND STEEL PICKETS ON TO A PONTOON FERRY AT GONA. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN)