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1942-01-27. PAPUA. ALLIED ADVANCE IN SANANANDA. WATER, MUD AND SLUSH ARE ALMOST THE ALLIED TROOPS INSEPARABLE COMPANION IN PAPUA. FOR WEEKS THE ALLIES HAVE BEEN ADVANCING, SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR ..

1943-01-25. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. MEN OF 2/7TH CAVALRY REGIMENT IN A FOX HOLE, A FORWARD SECTION POST LESS THAN 30 YARDS FROM JAPANESE POSITIONS, SURROUNDED BY MUD AND WATER. THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO ..

1943-01-25. PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. AN IMPROVISED BRIDGE MADE BY ALLIED TROOPS TO ENABLE CONTACT TO BE MAINTAINED WITH THE RETREATING ENEMY AT SANANANDA. THE ..

1943-01-27. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. A JAPANESE WAS SEEN BY A NATIVE BOY TO RUN INTO A DUGOUT FROM WHERE HE IMMEDIATELY OPENED FIRE AT AUSTRALIANS CARRYING AMMUNITION TOWARDS THE FRONT LINE AT BUNA. ..

1943-01-26. PAPUA. NEARING THE END OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST JAPAN. TIN HATS ARE PUT TO MANY USES IN THE ARMY. HERE AN AMERICAN HAS GIVEN HIS TO ANOTHER TO HOLD AS HE FILLS IT FROM A FRESHLY ..

1943-01-27. PAPUA. ALLIED ADVANCE ON SANANANDA. WATER, MUD AND SLUSH ARE ALMOST THE ALLIED TROOPS INSEPARABLE COMPANIONS IN PAPUA. FOR WEEKS THE ALLIES HAVE BEEN ADVANCING, SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR ..

1943-01-27. PAPUA. ALLIED ADVANCE ON SANANANDA. WATER, MUD, AND SLUSH ARE ALMOST THE ALLIED TROOPS INSEPARABLE COMPANIONS IN PAPUA. FOR WEEKS THE ALLIES HAVE BEEN ADVANCING, SOMETIMES UP TO THEIR ..

1943-02-02. NEW GUINEA. "JAP-MAN, HE GONE TAUBADA." IS NOW THE PASSWORD ALONG THE JUNGLE TRACKS OF THE PAPUAN COAST NOW, THE NATIVES KNOW BY BUSH TELEGRAPH INSTINCT, OR "MISSION TALK ENGLISH" THAT ..

1943-01-27. PAPUA. SANANANDA AREA. HOME WAS NEVER LIKE THIS. AN AMERICAN IN THE EARLY MORNING SURVEYS WHAT HAD BEEN A DRY AREA WHEN HE SELECTED IT THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THE ..

1943-02-04. NEW GUINEA. NATIVES WHO PLAYED A GREAT PART IN THE ALLIED SUCCESS IN NEW GUINEA ARE ADDRESSED BY GENERAL VASEY. NATIVE POLICE FORM A GUARD OF HONOUR AS NATIVE CARRIERS ARE PRESENTED ..

1943-02-04. PAPUA. HUGGINS GAP. GENERAL HERRING ON A TRIP TO THE SANANANDA FRONT TALKS TO AMERICAN OFFICERS AT HUGGINS GAP. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY)

1943-03-03. PAPUA. JAPANESE UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTACK WAU. A COOLIE BOY BROUGHT BY THE JAPANESE TO ACT AS A CARRIER IN NEW GUINEA. THIS BOY DESERTED THE JAPANESE AT WAU AND CAME ACROSS TO THE ALLIED ..