The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 DAKOTA (2), AND LIEUTENANT DELBERT C. HURD, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, (3), BOTH MEMBERS OF THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION.
FINSCHHAFEN, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES FORCES PICTURED WITH LANGMAK BAY IN THE BACKGROUND. THE CONCENTRATION OF SHIPPING AROUND DOCKS IS A SIGHT FEW AUSTRALIANS IN THE ORIGI
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: L
DREGER HARBOUR, NEW GUINEA. 1943-12-06. FIRST LIEUTENANT DELBERT C. HURD OF NEBRASKA, USA, AND OF THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION, POSING IN A "DIGGER'S HAT".
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
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
LANGEMAK BAY, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-20. MEMBERS OF THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION PLAYING A CARD GAME. SHOWN HERE : LIEUTENANT G.H. SMITH ( ); LIEUTENANT B.K. LLOYD (2); CHAPLAIN WA
