Noemfoor Island, Dutch New Guinea. American machine gunners Private First Class (Pfc) Paul E. ...

Place Asia: Netherlands East Indies, Dutch New Guinea, Noemfoor Island
Accession Number 017401
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Anderson, Alan Frederick
Place made Netherlands East Indies: Dutch New Guinea, Noemfoor Island
Date made 12 July 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Noemfoor Island, Dutch New Guinea. American machine gunners Private First Class (Pfc) Paul E. Ross of Greenleaf Oregon and Pfc Patrick Ryan of Kempton, West Virginia, both of the US Army, in action on Noemfoor Island. An enemy plane burns in the background as the result of an Allied attack.