![]() ![]() Lowe, the first black graduate from OCS in the SWPA, pins insignia on 2nd Lt. (19 Apr 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 5924 (Pfc. Campell, LaGrande, Oregon operate the QM's portable laundry diesel engine somewhere on New Guinea. (9 May 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 6856 John Eppard, Pasadena, Cal., machinists, working on automotive parts. Mobile Machine Shop truck of the 741st Ord. (5 May 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 5816 (T/4 Harold Newman) Sawmill was used to obtain lumber for bridge construction on the new Oro Bay Dobodura road, New Guinea. Div., relax in front of Warisota Plantation sawmill run by men of the 186th. John Weinzinger of Phillips, Wisconsin, 186th Inf. Arthur Ristinen of Menagha, Minn., and Pfc. (17 May 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 6003 (Pfc. 2 Gun Crew, Btry D, 208th CA AA, man their 3 inch AA gun at New Fighter Strip, Dobodura, New Guinea. (9 May 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 5901 (T/4 Harold Newman) Div., operating his SCR 188 in a sandbagged hut at Station NYU. John Robbins of Louisville, Nebraska, 41st Signal, 41st Inf. (13 Sep 43) Signal Corps Photo: 161-43-4081 (Schuman)Ĭasualties lying on stretchers aboard a lighter. Stepping Stone Island on the Vella Lavella Island Front, Southwest Pacific. "I" await the word to advance in pursuit of retreating Japanese forces. ![]() On the island since the first beachhead was established, he hasn't changed clothes in 12 days. He uses the can lid in lieu of fork or spoon. A, 1st Bn., 172nd Inf, gets chow from a can of Ration B on New Georgia Island, SW Pacific. Photos from the Signal Corps Collection in Record Group #111 ![]()
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