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1943-08-03. ALLIED CAPTURE OF MUBO. PTE. FLOYD WILSON, OF MACMINNVILLE, OREGON WOUNDED NEAR NASSAU BAY, BEING EVACUATED BY NATIVE CARRIERS. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-08-03. NEW GUINEA. MUBO CAMPAIGN. CPL. LEO SIMON, OF VENICE, CALIFORNIA, FAILED TO NOTICE SUPPLIES ATTACHED TO A PARACHUTE, AND WHICH HAD BEEN DROPPED AT LABABIA RIDGE. THE BOX HIT HIS STEEL ..

1943-08-03. THESE MEN, SOME SURVIVORS OF A CREW OF A MITCHELL BOMBER WHICH CRASHED NEAR SALAMAUA, WERE 10 1/2 HOURS IN THE WATER BEFORE THEY REACHED LAND. LEFT TO RIGHT: SGT. WALTER MALONE, OF ..

1943-08-09. NEW GUINEA. PTE. PERCY SPIDEN, OF THE AUSTRALIANS WHO MADE PREPARATIONS FOR THE AMERICAN LANDING AT NASSAU BAY. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-06-26. NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. SGT. R.R. (BOB) NALL, ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF ARMY NEWS. OF ALL AMENITIES PROVIDED FOR TROOPS IN THE FIELD NONE IS APPRECIATED MORE THAN THE ARMY NEWSPAPERS "ARMY NEWS" ..

1943-07-07. NEW GUINEA. PACIFIC OFFENSIVE. GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, WHO IS IN COMMAND OF THE ALLIED OFFENSIVES IN NEW GUINEA AND THE SOLOMONS, PHOTOGRAPHED AT AN AIRFIELD IN NEW GUINEA. (NEGATIVE ..

1943-07-07. NEW GUINEA. PACIFIC OFFENSIVE. GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, WHO IS IN COMMAND OF THE ALLIED OFFENSIVES IN NEW GUINEA AND THE SOLOMONS, PHOTOGRAPHED BESIDE HIS PLANE IN NEW GUINEA. WITH ..

Wau-Mubo area. VX106355 Private Thomas Keith McLeod of Mallacoota, Vic, advances through thick jungle undergrowth with a patrol along the Mubo track. (Negative by G Short)

1943-07-08. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. A PATROL MOVES FORWARD ALONG THE MUBO TRACK. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-07-08. NEW GUINEA. WAU-MUBO AREA. AN AUSTRALIAN PATROL MOVES OUT ALONG THE MUBO TRACK IN A FORWARD AREA. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT)

1943-07-07. NEW GUINEA. PACIFIC OFFENSIVE. GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WHO IS COMMAND OF THE ALLIED OFFENSIVES IN NEW GUINEA AND THE SOLOMONS, PHOTOGRAPHED BESIDE HIS PLANE IN NEW GUINEA. WITH HIM IS ..

1943-06-29. NEW GUINEA. WAU- MUBO AREA. SGT. KEITH WITHERS, OF LEEDERVILLE, W.A., AND PTE. R. GUARD, OF CABAULTURIE, QUEENSLAND, WITH NAPON, BABY SON OF THE CHIEF OF ONE OF THE VILLAGES ON THE MUBO ..