Troops ferry the river on an improvised raft made by tying bancas (canoes) together at Manila in the Philippines on 30 January 1945
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
Description:
"Troops ferry river on improvised raft made by tying bancas (canoes) together." 30 January 1945
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Date:
01/30/1945
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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:
Manila
Latitude:
14.617
Longitude:
120.967
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Philippines
Canoes--Philippines
Rivers--Philippines