Soldiers cross a shallow body of water in a single file line at Talasea, 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 cross a shallow body of water in a single file line. "I & R [intelligence and reconnaissance] patrol crosses shallow inlet north of Talasea, New Britain." Talasea, 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: 
Soldiers--American--New Britain
Marching--New Britain
Military reconnaissance--American--New Britain