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[Navy Mess Hall Staff Posing On Bougainville Island]

Photograph of Navy mess hall staff Posing in front of foliage at a base on Bougainville Island. The group is composed in three lines, two standing and one sitting in front of them with a backdrop of trees.
Date: 1944
Creator: Sprinkle, A. P.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Gothic Building]

Photograph taken in New Guinea of a tall Gothic building with an intricate fence surrounding the yard and a telephone pole out front.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ullmann Kilgore in Military Uniform]

Photograph of Ullmann Kilgore in his U.S. Navy Service Khaki uniform, which consists of a garrison cap, a jacket, a collared shirt, and a tie. According to accompanying information, Ullmann was a part of the 24th Seabee Battalion of the U.S. Navy, who were stationed in New Guinea at the time this photo was taken.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. Monday, January 3, 1944 : week of December 22 to December 29, 1943, 225th week of the war, 107th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: New Britain, Air offensive, USSR, Italy, Scharnhorst, Command. Maps: Central Italy showing rivers and roads, Distance from London to the coast of France near Boulogne, Coastline of northern Scandinavia. Photographs: American 155mm gun fires on German positions at Mignano; American soldiers temporarily reside in holes on Venafro Ridge; Equipment retreating Germans used to tear up railroad tracks; Allied troops clear the torn up tracks to use the road bed as a highway; An LST lands at Mono Island. Back: Color map of northeast New Guinea/New Britain.
Date: January 3, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 233rd week of the war, 115th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Central Pacific, Southwest Pacific, Air war, Burma, USSR. Maps show air attacks from London to various sites in Germany; New Ireland; south Pacific; Truk Is. Includes photographs: "Island forts", Marine corps set up radio telephone sets at Roi Island, Leathernecks set up machine guns immediately upon landing, All-Negro Ninety-Ninth Fighter Squadron at Anzio, German prisoners disembark from an LST to a prison camp, wounded female Jugoslav guerillas arrive in Malta, General Sir Harold Alexander chats with Yank rangers near Cisterno. Back: Text states "In Mein Kampf, Hitler stated that his plan was to destroy France first, then England, after which he would have the United States cornered without a fight!."
Date: February 28, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Morale Services Division. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 235th week of the war, 117th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Western Europe; Southwest Pacific; Burma; Eastern front; Italy; U-boats. Maps: Burma: Burma map showing where Chinese and American troops are fighting; Burma map showing where Indian and British troops engage the Japs; Bismarck Sea; Insets: Manus. Includes 10 photographs. Back: Old sea dog learns new tricks; Anzio Harbor. Includes 12 photographs.
Date: March 13, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Morale Services Division. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 236th week of the war, 118th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: USSR, Italy, Western Europe, Central Pacific, Bougainville, New Britain, Admiralty Is., New Guinea, Southeast Asia. Map: U.S.S.R. Southern Front Includes 10 photographs. Back: Europe. Map.
Date: March 20, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Morale Services Division. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 238th week of the war, 120th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Eastern front, Burma, Western Europe, Italy, Southwest Pacific, Kuriles. Maps show Eastern Front; S. W. Pacific - Northern Bismarcks. Includes 9 photographs, 3 showing aerial incendiaries. Back: Southeastern Europe. Map.
Date: April 3, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Marines at Red Cross Tent]

Photograph of Marines on Bougainville gathering around the Red Cross center there to read the latest news. The Red Cross center is a tent pitched with wooden stakes with Marines lined up underneath it and it's surrounded by trees. There is also a small wooden sign with "Red Cross" written across it to mark the tent.
Date: April 4, 1944
Creator: Batts, J. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 240th week of the war, 122nd week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: USSR; Air war; Southeast Asia; Central Pacific; Southwest Pacific. Maps: Burma; Dutch New Guinea/ North-East New Guinea/ Papua./ Relief shown by shading. Includes 6 photographs. Back: Are the folks at home backing us up? . . . . Text describes war bond purchasing on the homefront. Includes illustrations.
Date: April 17, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of Soldier in Jungle]

Photograph of a soldier in uniform standing in the jungle. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Cpl. Mauer in New Guinea jungle."
Date: May 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldier Washing Clothes]

Photograph of a soldier crouching on the bank of a river washing clothes. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Wash day in New Guinea."
Date: May 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldier Washing Clothes]

Photograph of a soldier squatting on the bank of a river washing clothes. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Sgt. Asthalter washing clothes in New Guinea."
Date: May 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier By a Creek]

Photograph of an unidentified soldier standing by a creek in a New Guinea jungle.
Date: May 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 248th week of the war, 130th week of U.S. participation

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: France, Eastern front, Italy, Pacific, China, Southeast Asia. Maps: Schouten Islands; Channel Coast; Italy. Back: "The battle-line is where the Infantry is"... Large photograph of infantryman with text describing the importance of the infantry.
Date: June 12, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[MSgt. Manskie at Artillery School]

Photograph of MSgt. Manskie kneeling while using an aiming circle at artillery school in New Guinea.
Date: July 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Man Shaving Outside]

Photograph of a shirtless man shaving outside on a makeshift wooden bench. Army equipment can be seen in the background. Handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads, "Clean up time in New Guinea, July 1944."
Date: July 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldier with Binoculars]

Photograph of a soldier in uniform holding a pair of binoculars up to his face, looking out to sea. Various Army buildings in a cleared patch of the forest can be seen in the background. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "Myself in New Guinea looking at a convoy going up the coast, July 1944."
Date: July 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Soldiers Cleaning Up]

Photograph of the 44th Tank Battalion cleaning up the campsite where their tents were set up. A row of Army tanks can be seen in the background. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "Cleaning up after taking down our tents at Artillery School in New Guinea."
Date: July 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 254th week of the war, 136th week of U.S. participation.

Front: Text describes action on various war fronts. Maps display the Normandy front, the eastern front, and New Guinea. Back: "Saipan! within the inner defenses." Includes 9 photographs.
Date: July 24, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library