Troops walk alongside M4A1 Sherman tanks on Bougainville, New Guinea in the 1940s
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. Troops walk alongside M4A1 Sherman tanks on Bougainville. "Tanks and infantry provide mutual support against enemy troops on Bougainville Island." Bougainville, New Guinea. 194-
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Date:
12/07/1941
09/02/1945
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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:
New Guinea
Latitude:
-5.000
Longitude:
140.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Tanks (Military science)--American--New Guinea
Soldiers--American--New Guinea