017170 Accession Number: 017170

Description

Dutch New Guinea. Message, 'For Tojo', was written on this shell being fired on Japanese positions on Wakde Island when Allied forces captured this Japanese base. The Americans, Private (Pte) Chester Stegner of California and Pte William K. Null of California, are wearing jungle clothing.

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Accession Number
017170
Photographer
Acting Corporal Samuel James Henry Herbert (Jim) Fitzpatrick MBE
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
17 May 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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