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Pvt. William V. Bernbaum, of Brooklyn, N.Y. and Pfc. Alvin Vanartsdalen of Philadephia, Pa., both of the 409th Service Squadron, 8th Service Group, standing guard over an American plane boneyard near Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea. 2 November (U.S. Air Force Number 77820AC)

Gary Cooper and party pose with the crew of the Douglas C-47 "Lazy Lady" beside the plane at Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea. 7 December 1943. The group includes: Una Merkle (fourth from left); Gary Cooper (fifth from left); Capt. V.K. Riggs (seventh (U.S. Air Force Number 67471AC)

In exposed position the Japanese use revetments to a considerable extent, but in the main, they are not covered or camouflaged. At Buna, Papua, New Guinea, the Japanese were using bags made of rice straw filled with dirt for this purpose. The humid (U.S. Air Force Number A24868AC)

Berry Airdrome looking Northwest along runway near Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea. 27 November 1942. (U.S. Air Force Number 77831AC)

A "GI" uses a jeweler's lathe to make a pivot screw for an altimeter at the instrument shop of the 27th Air Depot Group at the Port Moresby Air Depot, Papua, New Guinea. 1943. (U.S. Air Force Number 67682AC)

1st Lt. Eby and crew of the 65th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, pose by a Consolidated B-24 "Liberator" at Dobodura Airstrip, Papua, New Guinea. 11 February 1944. (U.S. Air Force Number 72366AC)

Captain Kapitan and crew of the 65th Bomb Squadron, 43rd Bomb Group, pose beside the Consolidated B-24 "Lucky Lucille" at Dobodura Airstrip, Papua, New Guinea. 2 March 1944 (U.S. Air Force Number 72371AC)

Mail is unloaded from a Douglas C-47 at the 38th Bomb Group base at Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea. (U.S. Air Force Number 3A32865)

Refueling A Bell P-39 Of The 38Th Bomb Group At 30-Mile Strip, Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea. (U.S. Air Force Number 121910AC)

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