Diesel generators in V-mail power plant building in Papua New Guinea in 1944

Gift of John M. Lynes Sr., from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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V-mail operation in the field at APO 929. "Close-up view of one of the 50 KW generators. These machines which have been in continuous operation since April 1944 have now piled up during their run, the equivalent of almost 150,000 miles each." Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. 1944

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Items from the service of Mary Lynes, Women's Army Corps (WAC), who served in the Pacific.
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Port Moresby
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-9.500
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147.117
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Generators--New Guinea
V-mail