A young soldier kneels beside an anti-tank gun hidden by large palms on Guadalcanal 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. A young soldier kneels beside an anti-tank gun hidden by large palms. "Machine gunners dig in camouflaged positions (Jul 44)." "Soldier of the 185th Inf. [Infantry Regiment] watches beside his gun on [censored] at Guadalcanal. Photo: Stone. 3-9-44." 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
Machine guns--American--Guadalcanal
Palms--Guadalcanal