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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 DURING A RECENT HEAVY FLOOD. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE:- VX130608 SAPPER R.W. GILBERT (1); VX130607 SAPPER C.A. SWENSON (2); VX112848 SAPPER H.J. MILNES (3); V143253 SAPPER R.J. DONOVON (4); VX132615 SAPPER K.W. O'BRIEN (5); NX148472 SAPPER P.A. ROSEWARNE (6); VX135205 SAPPER A.L. BROWN (7); VX132741 CORPORAL H.J. WRIGHT (8).
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. IDENTIFI
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, DIGGING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A NEW BRIDGE TO REPLACE THE ONE WHICH WAS WASHED AWAY DURING THE RECENT HEAVY FLOODS. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL AR
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. TROOPS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, CARRYING SECTIONS OF A NEW STEEL BOX GIRDER BRIDGE TO THE EDGE OF THE BUTIBUM RIVER WHERE THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW BRIDGE TO REPLACE THE O
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1944-08-09. MEMBERS OF THE 20TH FIELD COMPANY, UNLOADING A SECTION OF A NEW STEEL BRIDGE WHICH THEY ARE BUILDING ACROSS THE BUTIBUM RIVER TO REPLACE THE ONE WHICH WAS WASHED AWAY DURI
