90 items in this album on 5 pages.
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US B-25D Mitchell bomber 'Here's Howe' of the 'Grim Reapers' 3rd Bombardment Group, 'Pair-O-Dice' 90th Bombardment Squadron executing a low level attack on Japanese shipping, Rabaul, New Britain, Nov 2 1943 | USAAF 3rd Bomb Group aircraft attacking Haguro and other ships in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 2 Nov 1943, photo 1 of 2 |
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USAAF 3rd Bomb Group aircraft attacking Haguro and other ships in Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 2 Nov 1943, photo 2 of 2 | Gunner Kenneth Bratton, wounded in the knee by shrapnel, being pulled out of the turret of a TBF Avenger aircraft aboard USS Saratoga after a successful raid on Rabaul, New Britain, 5 Nov 1943 |
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Jeeps driving in muddy terrain, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1943 | Cape Gloucester Air Strip No. 2 being bombed by American aircraft in preparation for invasion, New Britain, Dec 1943 |
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Richmond Kelsey (far left), Douglas MacArthur (second from left), Amor Sims (second from right), and others studying a relief map of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 14 Dec 1943 | M4 Sherman tank and men of the US 1st Marine Division on the beach of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 15 Dec 1943 |
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US Army LCI landing craft moving toward Cape Gloucester as smoke screened Target Hill and the beaches, New Britain, Dec 1943 | US Marines moving ashore at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 15 Dec 1943 |
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Japanese Army corporal Shigeto being dug out of his burrowed defensive position, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa mid-Dec 1943 | LST-66 landing troops during the invasion of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943 |
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Mortar men of US 1st Marine Division firing against a Japanese artillery position, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa 15-25 Dec 1943 | United States Coast Guard-manned LST beaching at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Islands, Dec 1943 |
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US Army LVT vehicle in mud, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, circa late 1943 | Cruiser USS Phoenix firing her 6-inch guns during the invasion of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa 24-26 Dec 1943; note photo was taken from fantail, looking forward |
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US Marine Corps 105mm Howitzer M2 firing in support of operations at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Dec 1943 | US Marines building a sandbag ramp for an incoming LST ship, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943 |
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US Marines sitting atop a M3 light tank, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, late Dec 1943; note fallen Japanese soldiers | Marines landing at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 Dec 1943 |
90 items in this album on 5 pages.