LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-11-05. ENGINEERS OF THE DETACHMENT OF HEADQUARTERS, 1052ND ENGINEERS PORT ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 059371
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Irving, Robert Bruce
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LAE, NEW GUINEA, 1943-11-05. ENGINEERS OF THE DETACHMENT OF HEADQUARTERS, 1052ND ENGINEERS PORT CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR GROUP, UNITED STATES ARMY, WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST LIBERTY WHARF. THEY ARE OPERATING A MOTOR DRIVEN BANDSAW WHICH IS USED TO SHAPE PILE-ENDS. SHOWN ARE:- ASN-32819021 T/5 J.J. CASEY (1); ASN-37472924 T/5 P.B. LINSINGER (2).