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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, ESTABLISHED BY CHINESE FAMILIES FROM VIRGIN JUNGLE, IS NOW CONTROLLED BY THE AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT UNDER TRADING ARRANGEMENTS FROM THE CHINESE. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- CAPTAIN J. R. SMITH, OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO, (1); LIEUTENANT R. G. CASEY, OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (2); LIEUTENANT S. FOX, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (3); LIEUTENANT J.G. PHILLIPS, OF MURRAY, KENTUCKY (4); WAN JIN WAH (5); SX23588 SERGEANT T.H. FARRELL, DIRECTORATE OF ARMY PUBLIC RELATIONS (6).
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. 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 A
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. MEMBERS FROM THE NEARBY 15TH INFANTRY BATTALION PURCHASING BEANS, PAWPAWS AND PUMPKINS FROM AH FAT, A 55 YEAR OLD MEMBER OF A CHINESE FARMING COMMUNITY LOCAT
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
