Two mechanics of the 40th Infantry Division work under the hood of a jeep at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 3 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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From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two mechanics of the 40th Infantry Division, 160th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion work under the hood of a jeep. "2nd Bn, 160th Inf, 40th Div mechanics tune up jeep motor, New Britain 3 Aug 44." Reverse: "SWPA-SigC-44-13684. 3 August 1944. Chief of Bn motor repair, T/4 Carl A. Miller (left) of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin,tunes up a jeep. He is aided by T/4 William L. Johnson of De Forest, Wis., mechanic. (2nd Bn, 160th Inf. at Cape Gloucester, New Britain.)" Cape Gloucester, New Britain. 3 August 1944
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08/03/1944
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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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Jeep automobiles--American--New Britain
Mechanics (Persons)--New Britain
Maintenance & repair--New Britain
Soldiers--American--New Britain