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Chikuma during a US Navy raid on Rabaul, New Britain, 5 Nov 1943; photograph taken from a SBD aircraft from USS SaratogaB-25 Mitchell bombers of US Army ComAirSols Bomber Command attacking Rabaul, New Britain, circa late 1943; note Lakunai airfield in top center of photoJeeps driving in muddy terrain, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1943US Marine Corps 105mm Howitzer M2 firing in support of operations at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Dec 1943
Chikuma during a US Navy raid on Rabaul, New Britain, 5 Nov 1943; photograph taken from a SBD aircraft from USS SaratogaB-25 Mitchell bombers of US Army ComAirSols Bomber Command attacking Rabaul, New Britain, circa late 1943; note Lakunai airfield in top center of photoJeeps driving in muddy terrain, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1943US Marine Corps 105mm Howitzer M2 firing in support of operations at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Dec 1943
B-25 Mitchell bomber of 71st Bomb Squadron of US 38th Bomb Group flying low above a Japanese transport during a raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Nov 1943; photograph taken from the B-25 aircraft piloted by Frank CecilCape Gloucester Air Strip No. 2 being bombed by American aircraft in preparation for invasion, New Britain, Dec 1943Richmond Kelsey (far left), Douglas MacArthur (second from left), Amor Sims (second from right), and others studying a relief map of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 14 Dec 1943Tanks of Company B, US Marine Corps 1st Tank Battalion at Arawe, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943
B-25 Mitchell bomber of 71st Bomb Squadron of US 38th Bomb Group flying low above a Japanese transport during a raid on Rabaul, New Britain, Nov 1943; photograph taken from the B-25 aircraft piloted by Frank CecilCape Gloucester Air Strip No. 2 being bombed by American aircraft in preparation for invasion, New Britain, Dec 1943Richmond Kelsey (far left), Douglas MacArthur (second from left), Amor Sims (second from right), and others studying a relief map of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 14 Dec 1943Tanks of Company B, US Marine Corps 1st Tank Battalion at Arawe, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943
Troops of the US Army 112th Cavalry Regiment (Texas National Guard) landing at Arawe, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 15 Dec 1943; note LVTs and M1 Garand riflesUS Army LCI landing craft moving toward Cape Gloucester as smoke screened Target Hill and the beaches, New Britain, Dec 1943US Marines moving ashore at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 15 Dec 1943Japanese Army corporal Shigeto being dug out of his burrowed defensive position, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa mid-Dec 1943
Troops of the US Army 112th Cavalry Regiment (Texas National Guard) landing at Arawe, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 15 Dec 1943; note LVTs and M1 Garand riflesUS Army LCI landing craft moving toward Cape Gloucester as smoke screened Target Hill and the beaches, New Britain, Dec 1943US Marines moving ashore at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, 15 Dec 1943Japanese Army corporal Shigeto being dug out of his burrowed defensive position, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa mid-Dec 1943
M4 Sherman tank and men of the US 1st Marine Division moving toward the airfield at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943US Army LVT vehicle in mud, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, circa late 1943US Marines building a sandbag ramp for an incoming LST ship, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943US Marines sitting atop a M3 light tank, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, late Dec 1943; note fallen Japanese soldiers
M4 Sherman tank and men of the US 1st Marine Division moving toward the airfield at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943US Army LVT vehicle in mud, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, circa late 1943US Marines building a sandbag ramp for an incoming LST ship, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Dec 1943US Marines sitting atop a M3 light tank, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, late Dec 1943; note fallen Japanese soldiers
Men of the US First Marines Division at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa late Dec 1943; note jeep being used to haul suppliesAerial view of Nadzab Airfield, Territory of New Guinea, 1944Flooded US Marine camp site, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944General Lemuel Shepherd at a wet camp site, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Australian New Guinea, 1944
Men of the US First Marines Division at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa late Dec 1943; note jeep being used to haul suppliesAerial view of Nadzab Airfield, Territory of New Guinea, 1944Flooded US Marine camp site, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 1944General Lemuel Shepherd at a wet camp site, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Australian New Guinea, 1944

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