One soldier steadies a ladder as another climbs it after crossing a river, probably in Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in the 1940s
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. One soldier steadies a ladder as another, in leggings and full gear, climbs it after crossing a river. "Troops cross jungle river." Probably in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 194-
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12/07/1941
09/02/1945
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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:
Soldiers--American--Guadalcanal