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MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. JAPANESE TROOPS WITH THE NEWLY ARRIVED SHIPMENT OF JAPANESE STORES AND CLOTHING FROM THEIR HEADQUARTERS AT RABAUL. THEY ARE SORTING THE CLOTHING WHICH THEY ..

DALLMAN HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. CORPORAL K. MANGAN (1), SERGEANT B.H. HACKETT (SKIPPER) (2), AND SERGEANT P. STUART (3), MEMBERS OF 42 LANDING CRAFT COMPANY, ON THEIR FIELD SECURITY BOAT, ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. PIER AT THE BEACHHEAD ON MUSCHU ISLAND WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED BY JAPANESE TROOPS TO RECEIVE AUSTRALIAN FAST SUPPLY BOATS. MAJOR E.S. OWENS, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. MAJOR GENERAL C.S. STEELE, ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF, LAND HEADQUARTERS (2) WITH LIEUTENANT COLONEL H.B. MURN (1) AFTER LANDING ON VUNAKANAU AIRSTRIP. MAJOR GENERAL STEELE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. THE ENTRANCE TO THE PRESENT JAPANESE HEADQUARTERS OF GENERAL H. IMAMURA, COMMANDER EIGHTH AREA ARMY. IT IS NEAR FOUR WAYS, ON MALAGUNA ROAD

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-05. ONE OF THE MANY JAPANESE STRONGPOSTS AROUND RABAUL. THESE ARE NOW BEING CLEARED OF UNDERGROWTH BY THE JAPANESE AND DEMOLISHED

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-04. A CRIPPLED NATIVE LAD WHO BUILDS MINIATURE VILLAGES AT PRAED POINT TO PASS THE TIME AWAY

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. MAJOR GENERAL M. MATSUMOTU, COMMANDER 78 REGIMENT, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY. HE WAS OPPOSED TO 6 DIVISION IN THE WAU-SALAMOA CAMPAIGN AND LATER IN THE ..

MUSCHU ISLAND, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-10. THE WATER TOWER THAT THE JAPANESE HAVE CONSTRUCTED TO SUPPLY WATER FOR THE HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED AT THE BEACHHEAD. THE EQUIPMENT AND ENGINEERING TOOLS WERE ..

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-04. MEMBERS OF 33 FIELD SECURITY SECTION, 11 DIVISION, IN A CAVE NEAR DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS, WITH JAPANESE EQUIPMENT COLLECTED FOR MILITARY HISTORY SECTION

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-06. CORPORAL W.J. VOSILLA, 11 DIVISION PROVOST COMPANY, ON DUTY WITH A JAPANESE MILITARY POLICEMAN AT HEADQUARTERS 11 DIVISION CAR PARK

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN. 1945-10-09. MEMBERS OF 33 FIELD SECURITY SECTION, 11 DIVISION IN A CAVE NEAR DIVISIONAL HEADQUARTERS WITH JAPANESE EQUIPMENT COLLECTED FOR MILITARY HISTORY SECTION