Three soldiers of the 740th Ordnance Company work on a 105mm Howitzer at Cape Gloucester, 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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From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Three soldiers of the 740th Ordnance Company work on a 105mm Howitzer. "Maintenance is performed on Howitzers on New Britain by 740th Ordnance Co. Sep 44." Reverse: T/5 Robert R. Pestel, Stanton"T/4 Tom A. Givens from Huntington Park, Cal., and T/5 Bernard Sander of Lapewai, Idaho"" Cape Gloucester, New Britain. September1944.
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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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Gloucester, Cape
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Artillery (Weaponry)--American-- New Britain
Soldiers--American--New Britain
Howitzers--New Britain