A view of the salvage area of the 740th Ordnance Company attached to the 40th Infantry Division on Cape Gloucester on 6 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 view of the salvage area of the 740th Ordnance Company attached to the 40th Infantry Division on Cape Gloucester. "40th Ordnance Co salvage area, New Britain Sept 44." Reverse: "SWIA-SigC-44-17636 6 September 1944. Salvage equipment used by (740th Ordnance Co., Cape Gloucester, New Britain) Twelve ton "cat" is hauled on 20-ton engineer prime mover trailer by "Diamond" Photo: T/5 Preston." Cape Gloucester, New Britain. 6 September 1944

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09/06/1944
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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.
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Gloucester, Cape
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Salvage--New Britain
Graders (Earthmoving machinery)--New Britain