Soldiers relax in front of a thatched-roof building for ammunitions storage at New Britain in August 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. Soldiers relax in front of a thatched-roof building for ammunitions storage. "Native style thatched warehouses protect ammunition and other supplies, New Britain." New Britain. August 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Mr. Donald E. Mittelstaedt
Accession Number: 
2008.354.105
Date: 
1944-08-
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Army
Theater of Service: 
Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)
Unit: 
161st Signal Photographic Company
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Soldiers--American--New Britain
Ammunition dumps--New Britain
Huts--New Britain
Collection Level: 
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: 
New Britain
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--New Britain
Ammunition dumps--New Britain
Huts--New Britain