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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, MANHANDLING THE LAUNCHING NOSE OF A LARGE BOX GIRDER INTO POSITION DURING THE REBUILDING OF THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE BUTIBUM RIVER. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX130603 SAPPER N.C. KIBBIS (1); VX135215 SAPPER C. TAYLOR (2); VX70816 SAPPER T.W. ALLEN (3); VX91348 SAPPER W.G. MEAGER (4); VX132615 SAPPER K.W. O'BRIEN (5); VX143253 SAPPER R.J. DONOVAN (6); NX148472 SAPPER P.A. ROSEWARNE (7).
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, CARRYING A BOX GIRDER TO THE WATERS EDGE WHILE BUILDING THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE BUTIBUM RIVER TO REPLACE THE ONE WHICH WAS WASHED AWAY DURI
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, USING A LARGE MOBILE CRANE TO HAUL A STEEL BOX GIRDER SECTION OF THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE BUTIBUM RIVER WHERE THE OLD WOODEN BRIDGE WAS
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, MAKING FAST THE END OF A STEEL BOX GIRDER TO THE CRANE WHICH IS TO HAUL THE GIRDER ACROSS THE GAP WHERE THE OLD WOODEN BRIDGE WAS WASHED
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, JOINING THE TWO SECTIONS OF STEEL BOX GIRDER BRIDGE WHICH THE UNIT IS BUILDING ACROSS THE BUTIBUM RIVER TO REPLACE THE ONE WHICH WAS WASH
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, RELAXING AFTER GETTING THE FIRST STEEL BOX GIRDER SECTION OF THE NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE BUTIBUM RIVER WHICH IS TO REPLACE THE OLD WOODEN O
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY GETTING A LINE ACROSS THE BUTIBUM RIVER DURING THE REBUILDING OF THE BRIDGE WHICH WAS WASHED AWAY DURING A RECENT HEAVY FLOOD.
