Two soldiers carry a hose on 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
Description:
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers carry a hose through a wooded area, presumably they are firemen there to keep fire from spreading after demolishing trees. "Explosives are placed at tree bases to blow out trunks of giant Banyan trees." 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
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--New Britain
Fires--New Britain
Clearing of land--New Britain