A jeep with a mounted .50 cal machine gun tows another jeep out of the water after disembarking from an LCM on 12 March 1944 on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
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U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
Description:
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A jeep with a mounted .50 cal machine gun tows another jeep out of the water after disembarking from an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized). "Jeeps drive off the ramp into the water." Reverse: "160th Inf. [Infantry Regiment], Guadalcanal. One jeep gets stuck and is pulled out by another. Photo: Lt. Gilman 12 Mar 44."Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 12 March 1944.
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Date:
03/12/1944
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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.
Geography:
Guadalcanal
Latitude:
-9.533
Longitude:
160.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--Guadalcanal
Jeep automobiles--American--Guadalcanal
Machine guns--American--Guadalcanal