Gun crew rams home projectile of a 155 mm Howitzer close to the Ambayabang River near Nueva Vizcaya in the Philippines in February 1945

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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"Gun crew rams home projectile of 155 mm Howitzer near Ambayabang River.

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1945-02-
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Items from the service of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, consisting of photographs of the 161st Signal Photographic Company Combat Unit #10 which served on Espiritu Santos, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea, Noemfor, Leyte, Samar and Luzon.
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Nueva Vizcaya
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16.333
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121.167
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Artillery (Weaponry)--American--Philippines
Rivers--Philippines
Howitzers--Philippines