LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1943-10-04. A BOFORS GUN OF "D" BATTERY, 102ND COAST ARTILLERY BATTALION, ...

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Lae
Accession Number 057939
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. 1943-10-04. A BOFORS GUN OF "D" BATTERY, 102ND COAST ARTILLERY BATTALION, ANTI-AIRCRAFT, UNITED STATES ARMY, WITH CAMOUFLAGE REMOVED AND THREE GUNNERS. THIS GUN IS SITUATED ON THE BEACH ABOUT HALF A MILE WEST OF THE AIRSTRIP. IN THE BACKGROUND IS A SMALL FREIGHTER.