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BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-07. HEADQUARTERS OF B TROOP, 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON AT NAIRONA, AND OLD NATIVE VILLAGE SITE. THEY ARE USING THE KARAMUT (SING-SING) HOUSE AS A MESS HUT AND CONSTRUCTED SMALL HUTS FOR THEMSELVES. FROM HERE THEY HARASS AHEAD OF ADVANCING INFANTRY.
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-07. MEMBERS OF 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON LEANING ON A NATIVE DRUM, A HOLLOWED LOG, OUTSIDE THE KARAMUT (SING-SING) HOUSE AT B TROOP HEADQUARTERS, NAIRONA. THE VILLAGE WAS EVACUATED B
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-07. TWO COMMANDO RAIDING PARTIES PREPARING TO MOVE OFF WITH NATIVE SCOUTS FROM NAIRONA VILLAGE, OUTLYING TROOP BASE FROM MOROKAIMORO, HELD BY B TROOP, 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON UNDER
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-06. TWO COMMANDO RAIDING PARTIES PREPARING TO MOVE OFF WITH NATIVE SCOUTS FROM NAIRONA VILLAGE, OUTLYING TROOP BASE FROM MOROKAIMORO, HELD BY B TROOP, 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON UNDER
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-07. SGT HUNGERFORD, READING OUTSIDE HIS HUT AT B TROOP HEADQUARTERS, 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON, NAIRONA VILLAGE. THE TROOPS REST IN THE CAMP BETWEEN HARASSING RAIDS ON THE JAPANESE.
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-07. A PATROL FROM 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON PASSING THROUGH THE CLEARING OF AN OLD NATIVE VILLAGE EVACUATED WHEN THE JAPANESE MOVED IN. NATIVE DRUMS, FORMED FROM HOLLOW LEGS ARE IN T
BOUGAINVILLE, 1945-06-07. A PATROL FROM 2/8 COMMANDO SQUADRON SETTING OUT ALONG THE TRACK TO HARASS THE ENEMY AND GAIN INFORMATION AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING INFANTRY. PATROLS TRAVEL LIGHT CARRYING FOOD A
