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American landing craft in waters off of Bougainville in November 1943
Landing craft from the USS George Clymer (APA-27). "File No: M-B-LO-1-54388. Released: November 29, 1943. Near miss--...
Heavy guns of a U.S. cruiser north of Bougainville on 23 December 1943
379.Photograph. "File No. 57540 March 7, 1944 Christmas greeting to the Jap Heavy guns of a U.S. cruiser light up the...
DeForest, Harold From Guadalcanal to Bougainville
Harold DeForest landed in New Caledonia and was sent to a replacement center. There, he and another guy volunteered to...
Tognoli, Paris Combat on Bougainville
Paris Tognoli came into Empress Augusta Bay [Annotator's Note: Bougainville, Papau New Guinea, 28 December 1943] and...
DeForest, Harold Fighting a Hated Enemy
In Harold DeForest's platoon there were two squads of machine guns and three squads of mortars. There were about 12 men...
Tognoli, Paris Fight for Hill 260
The Japanese at that time [Annotator's Note: on Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Papau New Guinea] were Paris Tognoli's...
Carson, Benjamin Bougainville
Benjamin Carson assessed the battle for Bougainville to be unique in the sense that the intent was not to capture the...
Toledo, Bill Bougainville
Bill Toledo saw his first combat on 1 November 1943. He landed on the island of Bougainville [Annotator's Note:...
Wilson, Adolph Bougainville then Back to the United States
Adolph Wilson fought through some of the worse jungles on Bougainville. It had everything imaginable. It rained every...
Ambrose, Haney Securing Bougainville
While on Bougainville [Annotator's Note: Bougainville, Solomon Islands], the island was not fully secured. Haney...
Wilson, Adolph Reflections on Combat in the Pacific
Adolph Wilson was in college when he heard about Pearl Harbor. At 18 years old, he was playing football and running...
Keller, Richard On the Front Lines
Richard Keller [Annotator's Note: with Company E, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division] was at Indiantown...

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