Personal effects of a dead American soldier lay in the grass at Talesea, New Britain in September 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
Description:
Personal effects of a dead American soldier lay in the grass. "Remains of U.S. soldier killed by exploding mine at Talesea airport, New Britain." Talesea, New Britain. September 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.
Geography:
Talasea
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-5.333
Longitude:
150.017
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
War casualties--New Britain
Soldiers--American--New Britain
Mines (Weapons)--New Britain