Several soldiers of the 160th Infantry Regiment line up to unload crates from an LCVP with its ramp down on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 3 March 1944
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. Several soldiers of the 160th Infantry Regiment (40th Infantry Division) line up to unload crates from an LCVP [Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel] with its ramp down. Reverse: "Beach party of 160th Inf, 40th Div, transfers small arms ammo from lighters to shore in [censored] 3/3/44". Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 3 March1944
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03/03/1944
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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
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-9.533
Longitude:
160.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Guadalcanal