Engineers of the 40th Infantry Division lay down lumber across enormous mud puddles to allow vehicles to cross without getting stuck at New Britain in September 1944

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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Engineers of the 40th Infantry Division lay down lumber across enormous mud puddles to allow vehicles to cross without getting stuck. "Road building by 40th Div engineers: rock and log corduroy support trucks across swampy ground, New Britain." New Britain. September 1944

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1944-09-
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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.
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New Britain
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Vehicles, military--American--New Britain
Mud--New Britain