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BASU RIVER VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. WAN HAN (1), JOHN WAN (2), AND JIMMY WAN (3), ON THE STEPS OF THE HOME OF WAN JIN WAH EXAMING "WAR IN PICTURES", A BRITISH PUBLICATION ON THE WAR IN AFRICA AND THE PACIFIC. THE BOYS KNOW SUFFICIENT ENGLISH TO DESCRIBE THE PICTURES TO VISITING TROOPS. THEIR HOME, SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FROM LAE, IS IN A FARMING VILLAGE ESTABLISHED FROM VIRGIN JUNGLE BY CHINESE FAMILIES. THE AREA IS CONTROLLED BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT WHO OPERATE NATIVE LABOUR ON A SECTION OF THE LAND.
BASU RIVER VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. JIMMY WAN, SON OF WAN JIN WAH, FEEDING HIS FATHER'S FOWLS IN A CHINESE GARDEN APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FROM LAE. NINE FAMILIES FROM THE AREA ESTABLISHED THE FAR
BASU RIVER VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. A GROUP OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEN BEING SHOWN A SECTION OF A CHINESE FARMING VILLAGE SITUATED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FROM LAE ON THE BANKS OF A CREEK. THE FARM,
BASU RIVER VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. A CHINESE VILLAGE APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FROM LAE ESTABLISHED BY FAMILIES FROM THE AREA WHO CLEARED THE VIRGIN JUNGLE. THE FARMS TAKEN FROM THE SETTLERS BY JA
BASU RIVER VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. A SECTION OF A CHINESE FARMING VILLAGE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES FROM LAE ON THE BANKS OF A CREEK. THE FARM, ESTABLISHED BY CHINESE FAMILIES FROM VIRGIN
BASU RIVER VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. SUSAN TATE, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SOCIETY (1), SHOWING A CIGARETTE LIGHTER TO AH TUNG (2), THE SON OF SETO KONG, AT A CHINESE FARMING VI
BASU RIVER VALLEY, NEW GUINEA. 1944-05-14. SUSAN TATE, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SOCIETY (1), WITH AH TUNG (2), THE SON OF SETO KONG (3), AT A CHINESE FARMING VILLAGE APPROXIMATELY 7
