A jeep with a mounted .50 cal machine gun tows another jeep out of the water after disembarking from an LCM on 12 March 1944 on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
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. A jeep with a mounted .50 cal machine gun tows another jeep out of the water after disembarking from an LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized). "Jeeps drive off the ramp into the water." Reverse: "160th Inf. [Infantry Regiment], Guadalcanal. One jeep gets stuck and is pulled out by another. Photo: Lt. Gilman 12 Mar 44."Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 12 March 1944.
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Date:
03/12/1944
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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.
Geography:
Guadalcanal
Latitude:
-9.533
Longitude:
160.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--Guadalcanal
Jeep automobiles--American--Guadalcanal
Machine guns--American--Guadalcanal