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1943-09-20. NEW GUINEA. BUSO RIVER. LAE AREA. AN ALLIED LANDING CRAFT DAMAGED BY JAPANESE BOMBS. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK)

1943-09-22. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE LAE. WRECKED JAPANESE BARGES AT LAE

1943-09-22. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE LAE. AUSTRALIANS SURVEY THE CAPTURED FLAG FROM THE TOP OF WHAT WAS ONCE THE RESIDENCE OF THE JAPANESE COMMANDING OFFICER

1943-09-22. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE LAE. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FILE PAST A DEAD JAPANESE ON THEIR WAY INTO LAE

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. THE WRECKED JAPANESE SHIP MYOKO MARU AGROUND ON A BEACH NEAR LAE

1943-09-22. NEW GUINEA. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS CAPTURE LAE. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ENTER LAE

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. OUTSIDE LAE. U.S. PARATROOPERS WHO JOINED UP WITH THE AUSTRALIANS SHOW A JAPANESE FLAG CAPTURED AT EDWARDS CREEK. LEFT TO RIGHT - SGT. MIKE HOSTINSKI OF ADENA, OHIO, C/1 ..

1943-09-25. NEW GUINEA. FALL OF LAE. SOLDIERS BESIDE THE HULL OF THE WRECKED JAPANESE SHIP MYOKO MARU AGROUND ON A BEACH NEAR LAE

1943-09-28. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. AUSTRALIANS EXAMINING THOUSANDS OF ROUNDS OF JAPANESE AMMUNITION CAPTURED DURING THE ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. THIS 7.7MM AMMUNITION IN METAL STRIPS OF 30 ..

1943-09-28. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. AUSTRALIANS EXAMINING THE BREECH OF A CAPTURED JAPANESE 70 MM MOUNTAIN GUN. DURING THE ADVANCE TOWARDS SALAMAUA THE GUN PROVED VERY TROUBLESOME TO THE ..

1943-09-28. NEW GUINEA. ADVANCE ON SALAMAUA. AN AUSTRALIAN THREE INCH MORTAR IN ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE ON BOBDUBI RIDGE, SALAMAUA. (NEGATIVE BY PARER NEWSREEL)

1943-09-28. LAE SALAMAUA. ISOLATED. ONE OF THE BEACHES NORTH WEST OF LAE WHERE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS HAD MADE THEIR HAPPIEST LANDING OF THE NEW GUINEA WAR. HARD UP AGAINST THE BEACH IS A LANDING CRAFT ..