Three soldiers work on building a shower using a water pump and several barrels atop a somewhat private shelter at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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Three soldiers work on building a shower using a water pump and several barrels atop a somewhat private shelter. "Water is pumped to barrels to provide a makeshift shower, Cape Gloucester, New Britain." Cape Gloucester, New Britain. August 1944

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1944-08-
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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
Bathtubs & showers--New Britain