Soldiers of the 185th Infantry Regiment climb down rope nets onto LCVPs during amphibious training exercises off Guadalcanal on 9 March 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. Soldiers of the 185th Infantry Regiment (40th Infantry Division) climb down rope nets onto LCVP [Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel] during amphibious training exercises off Guadalcanal. "Troops climb down cargo nets to waiting LCVPs"Men of the 185th Inf., climbing down rope ladder into Higginsboat. Amphibious training. Guadalcanal. US Army Signal Corps Photo: Stone. 3-9-44." Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 9 March 1944
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$120.00
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03/09/1944
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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:
Guadalcanal
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-9.533
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160.200
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Soldiers--American--Guadalcanal
Landing craft--American--Guadalcanal