014847 Accession Number: 014847

Description

Oro Bay, New Guinea. Sign erected at Oro Bay reads: "Dobodura - Tokyo Road. "There are many roads to Tokyo; we will neglect none of them" President Roosevelt"

Details

Accession Number

014847

Photographer

Captain Norman Brown

Classification

Photograph

Object Type

Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

Date Made

14 May 1943

Place Made

Oro Bay

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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