Soldiers of the 40th Infantry Division work at building a road by laying lumber over a muddy swamp at New Britain in September 1944

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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Soldiers of the 40th Infantry Division work at building a road by laying lumber over muddy swamp. "Road building by 40th Div engineers: Rock and log corduroy support trucks across swampy ground, New Britain." 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.
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New Britain
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Soldiers--American--New Britain
Road construction--New Britain