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Photograph 071154 Second World War, 1939-1945MAPE RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. THE NO.2 PILE- BENT ONE WAY BRIDGE, WITH A LENGTH OF 320 FEET, WAS BUILT BY THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION IN SIX DAYS.

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MAPE RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. THE NO.2 PILE- BENT, ONE WAY BRIDGE, WITH A LENGTH OF 320 FEET, WAS BUILT BY THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEERS BATTALION IN SIX DAYS.
MAPE RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. THE NO.2 PILE- BENT ONE WAY BRIDGE, WITH A LENGTH OF 320 FEET, WAS BUILT BY THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION IN SIX DAYS.

MAPE RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. A PETROL, OIL AND LUBRICANT DUMP, BUILT BY THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION, WHO ALSO CLEARED THE AREA AND CONSTRUCTED THE ROAD.

MAPE RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. A PETROL, OIL AND LUBRICANT DUMP, BUILT BY THE 870TH UNITED STATES AVIATION ENGINEER BATTALION, WHO ALSO CLEARED THE AREA AND CONSTRUCTED THE ROAD.

MAPE RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. THE NO.1 TWO WAY PILE- BENT 340 FOOT BRIDGE OVER THE MAPE RIVER ON THE CULLINS ROAD, LINKING DREGER HARBOUR AND FINSCHHAFEN. THE ROAD IS NAMED AFTER THE LATE COLONE

MAPE RIVER, NEW GUINEA, 1944-03-15. THE NO.1 TWO WAY PILE- BENT 340 FOOT BRIDGE OVER THE MAPE ROVER ON THE CULLINS ROAD, LINKING DREGER HARBOUR AND FINSCHHAFEN. THE ROAD IS NAMED AFTER THE LATE COLONE

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
