US Army soldiers trailing a tank through a jungle, Bougainville Island

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Army soldiers follwing a tank through a thick jungle. Official caption on front: "Following a tank in the Bougainville jungle. US Army Photo 167-4." Bougainville Island, New Guinea. No date

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1943-11-
1945-08-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
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Bougainville
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--Bougainville
Tanks (Military science)--American--Bougainville
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea