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LIEUTENANT COLONEL WALTER B. JONES FROM TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, A NATURALIST WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES, HOLDS A NEW GUINEA NATIVE AXE, WHICH HE CLAIMS IS IDENTICAL WITH AN AXE USED BY AN ANCIENT TRIBE OF AMERICAN INDIANS. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
NEW GUINEA. A HEADDRESS MADE OF BRIGHTLY HUED FEATHERS AND A "COLLAR" OF SHELLS WAS WORN BY THOSE TWO SUB CHIEFS OF THE CHIMBU TRIBE WHO CAME DOWN FROM THE INTERIOR OF NEW GUINEA TO VISIT AN AUSTRALIA
NEW GUINEA. GONA. JUNGLE CHAPEL USED BY AN AMERICAN INFANTRY SECTION AT GONA. PICTURE SHOWS CHAPLAIN MARCUS W. JOHNSON OF NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, CONDUCTING THE SERVICE. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
NEW GUINEA. AT AN AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL IN NEW GUINEA. AMERICAN NURSES HAVE AFTERNOON TEA WITH AUSTRALIAN NURSES. (NEGATIVE BY N. BROWN).
AMERICAN ADVANCE INTO TROBRIAND ISLANDS. LT. GENERAL WALTER KRUEGAR TALKING WITH MAJOR GENERAL MCNIDER AT MILNE BAY AIRSTRIP WHILE WAITING THE ARRIVAL OF GENERAL MCARTHUR WHO FLEW TO NEW GUINEA TO DIR
NEW GUINEA. THE RESCUE OF TWO AMERICAN SOLDIERS FROM A FLOODED RIVER IN NEW GUINEA EARNED THE COMMONWEALTH MEDAL FOR LOYAL SERVICE TO PAUL MEA, A PAPUAN SCHOOLBOY. HERE PAUL IS BEING PRESENTED WITH TH
NEW GUINEA. LIEUTENANT G. WILLS MEETS TWO CHIMBU TRIBE SUB CHIEFS WHO CAME DOWN FROM THE CENTRE OF NEW GUINEA TO THE COAST. THEIR DRESS IS VERY COLOURFUL. THE HEAD PIECE IS MADE UP OF BRIGHTLY HUED FE
