USCG officers in front of native chapel, New Guinea
Gift of William P. Desjardins
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Photograph. Two United States Coast Guard officers standing in front of chapel made of wood and palm leaves. A sign on a palm tree reads "Chapel Divine Services". Woodlark Island, New Guinea. No date
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1943-05-
1946-04-
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Items from the service of an unidentified United States Coast Guard [USCG] sailor aboard LST-170 in the Pacific Theater of Operations. LST-170 was commissioned on 31 May 1943, and manned by an all USCG crew. Between May 1943 and the end of the war, LST-170 participated in multiple landings in the Bismark Islands, New Guinea, Hollandia, and the Philippines. She earned seven battle stars during the war in the Pacific. This collection consists of photographs that depict ship board life, islands in the pacific, and invasions.
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Woodlark Island
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Officers--American--Papua New Guinea
Churches--Papua New Guinea