Two soldiers stand in front of Task Force HQ, 40th Infantry Division Base Camp 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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From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers stand in front of Task Force Headquarters, 40th Infantry Division base camp at Cape Gloucester. "Base camp supply depot set up at Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island." 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
Military camps--American--New Britain