ALLIED CAPTURE OF MUBO. AMERICAN INFANTRYMEN INFILTRATING ALONG NASSAU BAY BEACH THE MORNING ...

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Accession Number 015318
Collection type Photograph
Object type 3x4", Polyester, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 3x4", Polyester, Silver Gelatin
Maker Short, Gordon Herbert
Place made New Guinea1: Mubo Salamaua Area, Mubo
Date made 29 July 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

ALLIED CAPTURE OF MUBO. AMERICAN INFANTRYMEN INFILTRATING ALONG NASSAU BAY BEACH THE MORNING AFTER AMERICAN TROOPS LANDED AT NASSAU BAY. LATER THE AMERICANS JOINED UP WITH THE AUSTRALIAN AND AFTER HAVING DRIVEN THE JAPS BACK, CAPTURED MUBO AFTER HARD FIGHTING IN APPALLING COUNTRY. (NEGATIVE BY G. SHORT).