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LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AND GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECT A JAP PILLBOX NEAR BUNA. IT'S RESISTANCE PARTIALLY OVERCOME BY TANKS, THE PILLBOX WAS SILENCED BY ALLIED TROOPS WHO PULLED AWAY THE COVERING AND KILLED THE GUNNERS WITH GRENADES, TOMMY GUNS AND RIFLES. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AT THE ENTRANCE TO A JAP. PILLBOX. SO HEAVILY BUILT WERE SOME OF THE JAP PILLBOXES THAT THEY WERE IMPERVIOUS TO. EVERYTHING EXCEPT A DIRECT HIT FR
LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AND GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECT A BUILDING AT BUNA MISSION, THE SCENE OF SOME OF THE BLOODIEST FIGHTING OF THE PAPUAN CAMPAIGN. NOTE THE GALVANISED IRON WALLS WH
NEW GUINEA. GENERALS AT BATTLEFIELDS. AGAINST SEEMINGLY IMPREGNABLE DEFENCES WHICH THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ALLIED LAND FORCES, GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY SAID EQUALLED THE BEST OF THE FIRST WORLD
GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER. (NEGATIVE BY BOTTOMLEY).
GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY AND LIEUT. GENERAL EICHELBERGER INSPECTING A JAPANESE POM POM CAPTURED ON THE BUNA STRIP. THIS GUN WAS CAPTURED INTACT AND WAS BEING FIRED AT IT'S FORMER OWNERS WHEN THE TWO
ROAD BUILDERS FOLLOWING UP THE ADVANCING ALLIED TROOPS, TANKS SLITHERED ALONG THIS PATH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE JAPS AND INFANTRY, CARRYING HEAVY EQUIPMENT, OFTEN SANK TO THEIR KNEES IN MUD. OVER THE
