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FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-09. SURVEYORS OF THE 870TH UNITED STATES ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION SURVEYING THE LEVELS FOR A NEW ROAD BETWEEN DREGER HARBOUR AND THE NEW AIRSTRIP. SHOWN ARE: LIEUTENANT J. F. BOYSEN OF SIOUX FALLS, DAKOTA, USA, (LEFT); LIEUTENANT W. T. LANE OF RULE, TEXAS, USA, (RIGHT).
LANGEMAK AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-01. TROOPS OF THE 870TH UNITED STATES ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION UNLOADING SUPPLIES IN THE GODOWA AREA IN PREPARATION FOR THE BUILDING OF A NEW ROAD TO THE AERODROM
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-09. SURVEYORS OF THE 808TH UNITED STATES ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION AND THE 60TH UNITED STATES NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION, SURVEYING THE LEVELS FOR A NEW BOMBE
FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. VX90176 SERGEANT R.J. BUCHANAN (1), PHOTOGRAPHER FROM THE MILITARY HISTORY AND INFORMATION SECTION, PICTURED WITH LIEUTENANT JOHN R. BOYSEN, OF SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH
DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-03. FIRST LIEUTENANT JOHN F. BOYSEN OF THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION PEGGING THE SITE FOR A NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE MAPE RIVER, NEAR LANGEMAK BA
Dreger Harbour, New Guinea. 1943-12-05. The Commanding Officer of the 870th United States Aviation Engineer Battalion, Colonel Marsh, and some of his officers inspecting the new aircraft landing strip
FINSCHHAFEN AREA, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11-09. A CATERPILLAR TRACTOR OF THE 870TH UNITED STATES ENGINEER AVIATION BATTALION CLEARING THE JUNLGE FOR A ROAD AT THE DREGER HARBOUR END OF THE NEW BOMBER AIRSTR
