A photograph of servicemen in the Pacific Islands, with handwritten annotations, in the 1940s
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. Group photograph of servicemen in Pacific Islands, each identified with handwritten note. "Miller -- Air Corps 1943; Keyte " Killed on Bougainville 1943; Yan Kan " States Astoria Photo Co. 1943; Field " Wounded Bougainville 1944, killed Panay, 1945; Mittelstaedt; Harman " USAFSPA; Embree; Sperry " Mental" States 1943; Schuman " wounded on New Georgia 1943, WIA Manila 1945; Ahn (") "Depot; Tucker, States 1944." Location unknown. 1943-44
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12/07/1941
09/02/1945
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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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South Pacific Ocean
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Soldiers--American