A line of troop transport ships head towards an invasion site at an unknown location, presumably for the 40th Infantry Division amphibious training in June 1944

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A line of troop transport ships heads toward invasion sight, presumably for 40th Infantry Division amphibious training. "Troop convoy approaching invasion site." June 1944

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1944-06-
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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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South Pacific Ocean
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Ships--American