Several tents of a base camp are visible 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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Several tents of base camp are visible to the left, and a large anti-aircraft embankment is visible on the shore ready in the case of enemy attack. "Coastal defense positions are prepared at possible attack points in case of Jap invasion, Cape Gloucester." Cape Gloucester, New Britain. August 1944.
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$120.00
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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.
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Gloucester, Cape
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Tents--New Britain
Forts & fortifications--American--New Britain