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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-09-05. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS WADING ASHORE FROM A LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) OF THE US NAVY. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

BOUGAINVILLE. C. 1944. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THREE DOUGLAS SBD DAUNTLESS DIVE BOMBER AIRCRAFT PASSING THE ACTIVE VOLCANO OF MOUNT BAGANA ON A BOMBING OPERATION AGAINST KAVIENG. (NAVAL HISTORICAL ..

TOROKINA, BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-03-01. THE NAVAL BASE HEADQUARTERS CONSISTING OF A QUONSET HUT AND LOOKOUT TOWER AMONGST TALL PALM TREES. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

MADANG. AUSTRALIAN SAILORS ROWING IN A STREAM. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)

SEPIK RIVER AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-08-13. RENDEZVOUS CAMP. STANDING IN FRONT OF THE TENT ARE LEFT TO RIGHT: RAY AH SOONG (WHOSE REAL NAME WAS CHOW CHEN ON), LIEUTENANT HARRY AIKEN, ?, LIEUTENANT ..

Local highland natives crowding around a Douglas Dakota C47 aircraft of the united states air force, on the airstrip at Bena Bena in the Mount Hagen area. Several American missionaries are ..

WABAG, NEW GUINEA, 1943-01-17. VIEW OF THE WABAG AIRSTRIP IN THE MOUNT HAGEN AREA OF NEW GUINEA. MEMBERS OF M SPECIAL UNIT, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT, ALLIED INTELLIGENCE UNIT, WERE LANDED ..

SEPIK RIVER AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-08-13. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE TENT DINING ROOM AND WIRELESS STATION (ATR4) OF `LOCUST' PARTY, M SPECIAL UNIT, SERVICES RECONNAISSANCE DEPARTMENT, ALLIED ..

CENTRAL RANGES, NEW GUINEA. C.1943-03. MR WILLIAM (BILL) MACGREGOR AND DOCTOR SCHROEDER, CIVILIANS WHO WERE FLEEING FROM THE JAPANESE IN WEWAK, WITH NATIVES ON A JUNGLE TRACK. ALSO WITH THEM WAS A ..

EMIRAU ISLAND. THE CAPTAIN OF THE NORWEGIAN MERCHANT VESSEL VINNI WITH CAPTAIN UPTON OF THE BRITISH VESSEL RANGITANE, BOTH OF WHOSE SHIPS WERE SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDERS KOMET AND ORION IN THE PACIFIC, ..

CENTRAL AUSTRALIA - GUINEA AIRWAYS LOCKHEED LEAVING DALY WATERS AERODROME FOR DARWIN. ARMY. ALICE SPRINGS TO BIRDUM. (NEGATIVE BY R.G.P.)

EMIRAU ISLAND. PASSENGERS AND CREW, AMONG THE 496 SURVIVORS WHO HAD BEEN CAST AWAY ON EMIRAU ISLAND IN THE BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO AFTER THEIR MERCHANT SHIPS HAD BEEN SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDERS KOMET AND ..