Photos Taken in Australian New Guinea

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USAAF 3rd Bomb Group airman posing alongside of the nose art of A-20 Havoc aircraft 'Slugsy Sachs', Nadzab Airfield, Australian New Guinea, early 1944	USAAF 3rd Bomb Group airman posing alongside of the nose art of A-20 Havoc aircraft 'Spanish John', Nadzab Airfield, Australian New Guinea, early 1944

USAAF 3rd Bomb Group photographer George Tackaberry and another man with a wrecked Japanese Ki-43 fighter, Nadzab Airfield, Australian New Guinea, early 1944	USAAF 3rd Bomb Group photographer George Tackaberry eating cake, Nadzab Airfield, Australian New Guinea, early 1944

USAAF 3rd Bomb Group photographer George Tackaberry reading in his tent, Nadzab Airfield, Australian New Guinea, early 1944	USAAF 3rd Bomb Group photographer Norm Nelson in his tent, Nadzab Airfield, Australian New Guinea, early 1944

USAAF men in decoration formation, Nadzab Airfield, Australian New Guinea, early 1944	B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 13th Air Force over the Japanese forward base at Simpson Harbor, Rabaul, New Britain, 5 Mar 1944

AGP Oyster Bay tending PT boats in Seeadler Harbor, Admiralty Islands, 25 Mar 1944	Wrecked Mikazuki being inspected by USMC personnel, off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 31 Mar 1944; note starboard torpedo reloading tracks

Grayson in Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 1 Apr 1944	P-38J Lightning assigned to Howard Fotheringham of the 80th Fighter Squadron on the pad at Nadzab Airstrip near Lae, New Guinea, May 1944

This B-17F Fortress, converted to an armed supply aircraft, had a wheel collapse during an emergency landing at Tadji Field, New Guinea and slid into the bomb dump, May 5, 1944	William Halsey with US Marines, sailors, and soldiers, Emirau Island, Bismarck Archipelago, 25 May 1944

80-foot Elco patrol boat PT-546 of Motor Patrol Boat Squadron 28 at Barahun Island, Green Islands, 31 May 1944 with extensive bow damage after a nighttime collision with PT-550 off New Ireland.	USS ABSD-2 at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, Apr-May 1945. Note the Liberty-class ship and seaplane tender in the dock. This shows almost the same angle of approach during the torpedo attack on the drydock on 29 Apr 1945.

Torpedo damage to the hull of cruiser USS Honolulu after being torpedoed in Leyte Gulf on 20 Oct 1944. This photo was taken in floating drydock ABSD-2 at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands on 30 Oct 1944.	An American medium tank crossing 'Suicide Creek', New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943

USS Iowa entering floating drydock ABSD-2 for temporary repairs, Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 28 Dec 1944, photo 1 of 3	USS Iowa entering floating drydock ABSD-2 for temporary repairs, Seeadler Harbor, Manus, Admiralty Islands, 28 Dec 1944, photo 2 of 3