An indigenous islander holds an Owen submachine gun in front of a US camp on Cape Gloucester, 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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From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. A native islander holds an Owen Machine Carbine in front of U.S. camp on Cape Gloucester. "Native policeman who worked for Australian government on New Britain." Cape Gloucester, New Britain. September 1944.
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$120.00
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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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Gloucester, Cape
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Machine guns--Australian--New Britain
Indigenous peoples--New Britain
Tents--New Britain
Police--New Britain