Several soldiers grab onto a tent to keep it from blowing away in a violent wind storm at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Several soldiers grab onto a tent to hold it down and keep it from blowing away in a violent wind storm. "Violent wind demolishes 40th Div base camp at Cape Gloucester, New Britain." Cape Gloucester, New Britain. August 1944

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1944-08-
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Items from the service of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, consisting of photographs of the 161st Signal Photographic Company Combat Unit #10 which served on Espiritu Santos, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea, Noemfor, Leyte, Samar and Luzon.
Geography: 
Gloucester, Cape
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--New Britain
Storms--New Britain