90 items in this album on 5 pages.

Men of the US First Marines Division at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa late Dec 1943; note jeep being used to haul suppliesFlooded US Marine camp site, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944General Lemuel Shepherd at a wet camp site, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Australian New Guinea, 1944Memorial ceremony for fallen US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Australian New Guinea, 1944, photo 1 of 2
Men of the US First Marines Division at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa late Dec 1943; note jeep being used to haul suppliesFlooded US Marine camp site, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944General Lemuel Shepherd at a wet camp site, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Australian New Guinea, 1944Memorial ceremony for fallen US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Australian New Guinea, 1944, photo 1 of 2
Memorial ceremony for fallen US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Australian New Guinea, 1944, photo 2 of 2US Marine field gun mired in mud, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines and tank, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines at a recently captured airfield, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944
Memorial ceremony for fallen US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Australian New Guinea, 1944, photo 2 of 2US Marine field gun mired in mud, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines and tank, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines at a recently captured airfield, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944
US Marines building a bridge with logs, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines building a road through a swamp, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines evacuating a comrade, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines pushing a Jeep through a river, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944
US Marines building a bridge with logs, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines building a road through a swamp, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines evacuating a comrade, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines pushing a Jeep through a river, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944
US Marines unloading a LVT from a LST, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944
US Marines unloading a LVT from a LST, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944
US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944Aerial view of Airstrip No. 2 at Cape Gloucester, looking southeast, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, date unknown; note Razorback Ridge in background to the rightAmerican troops guarding a Browning M1917 machine gun post, Cape Gloucester, Jan 1944LST-68 at Oro Bay, New Guinea, with US Marine casualties returning from Cape Gloucester, New Britain being assisted into WC54 ambulances, 8 Jan 1944
US Marines, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944Aerial view of Airstrip No. 2 at Cape Gloucester, looking southeast, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, date unknown; note Razorback Ridge in background to the rightAmerican troops guarding a Browning M1917 machine gun post, Cape Gloucester, Jan 1944LST-68 at Oro Bay, New Guinea, with US Marine casualties returning from Cape Gloucester, New Britain being assisted into WC54 ambulances, 8 Jan 1944

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