DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-02. TROOPS OF "A" COMPANY, 808TH UNITED STATES ENGINEER ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Dreger Harbour
Accession Number 059607
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Buchanan, Robert John
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-02. TROOPS OF "A" COMPANY, 808TH UNITED STATES ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION AT THEIR MESS PARADE IN MUD AND SLIME DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW AIRSTRIP. SHOWN: T/5 WALTER H. STRATTON (1); CORPORAL (CPL) JOSEPH SLOCH (2); FIRST LIEUTENANT ROBERT L. WILSON (3); PRIVATE (PTE) WAYMAN J. ROBERTSON (4); T/5 ALPHONSE J. ALFANO (5); PTE DANIEL POPE (6); SERGEANT KEITH L. ROUMPH (7); PTE SAMUEL CONTE (8); PTE 1ST CLASS JOAQUIN P. DELGADO (9); CPL LEO M. VALDEZ, JNR (10); PTE JOHN F. BROGAN, JNR (11); PTE 1ST CLASS VIRGIL R. HOLLOWAY (12); T/5 CECIL C. METROZ (13); CPL LESLIE D. BELL (14); PTE 1ST CLASS THOMAS J. SUVOCK (15); T/5 EMIL P. KUBINEC (16); CPL HUGH P. HENNESSEY (17).