A soldier uses his M1 helmet to fig a foxhole on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1943
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. A soldier uses his M1 helmet to fig a foxhole on Guadalcanal, the soldier behind him uses an e-tool. "U.S. soldiers dig in on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (1943)". Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 1943
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1943
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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
Digging--Guadalcanal