Radio operator on left handing a phone to Major General Rapp Brush, Commanding Officer of the 40th Infantry Division, on New Britain in 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. Radio operator on left handing a phone to Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush, Commanding Officer of the 40th Infantry Division while on New Britain, wearing garrison cap. The New Britain campaign lasted from April to August of 1944. "Radio operator hands phone to Gen. Brush, CO 40th Div on New Britain Island." New Britain. [1944]
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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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New Britain
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Soldiers--American--New Britain
Generals--American--New Britain
Radiophones--New Britain