070114 Accession Number: 070114

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VX144577 Private Albert Neal Benneworth (at left) and VX122635 Corporal Doyle Trevor Thomas Bourke of the 57/60th Infantry Battalion at an impromptu prayer meeting on the edge of a small stream not far from the Boku River before the Unit’s attack on the Orgoruna in the Ramu Valley. The objective was captured later in the day without opposition.

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Accession Number
070114
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Format: 3x4"
Date Made
29 January 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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