Soldiers of the 40th Infantry Division sit on an unidentified shore, an LCVP is visible in the background, in 1944

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Soldiers of the 40th Infantry Division sit on an unidentified shore, LCVP visible in the background. "40th Div troops wait on beach before landing on ships for invasion." Location unknown, [1944]

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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.
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South Pacific Ocean
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Soldiers--American
Landing craft--American