Three members of orthopedic surgery remove a cast from the left leg of Private Robert Cooper at the 251st Station Hospital on 15 August 1944 at Cape Gloucester, New Britain
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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Three members of orthopedic surgery remove a cast from the left leg of (African-American) Pvt. Robert T. Cooper at the 251st Station Hospital. "Doctors treat injured and wounded soldiers at 251st Station Hospital,New Britain" and on reverse "SWPA-SigC-44-8963 Aug. 15, 1944 Cast is removed from leg of Pvt. Robert T. Copper, (742 AA Bn) of Lake Butler, Fla. by staff of orthopedic surgery (251st Station Hospital, Cape Gloucester, New Britain). L to R: Capt. Robert G. Brashear, Knoxville, TN; Pvt. Joe Capinelli, Canton, Ohio; and William K. McFarland, Hood River, Oregon. Photog: T/4 R. Preston." Cape Gloucester, New Britain. 15 August 1944
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08/15/1944
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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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Gloucester, Cape
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Soldiers--American--New Britain
Hospitals--New Britain