A lone soldier looks over coastal defenses at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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A lone soldier looks over coastal defenses of New Britain. "Coastal defense positions are prepared at possible attack points in case of Jap invasion, Cape Gloucester." Cape Gloucester, New Britain. August 1944.
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1944-09-
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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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Gloucester, Cape
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--New Britain
Forts & fortifications--American--New Britain