Soldiers carry supplies to shore from an LCVP during amphibious training exercises on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on 9 March 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
Description:
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Soldiers carry supplies to shore from an LCVP [Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel] during amphibious training exercises on Guadalcanal. "When landing craft hits the beach, the ramp is lowered for the troops to disembark in the surf." Reverse: "of the 185th Inf. [Infantry Regiment] swarm ashore from Higgins boats, in established beachhead. 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
Latitude:
-9.533
Longitude:
160.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Guadalcanal
Landing craft--American--Guadalcanal