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LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-14. TRAFFIC OF FIRST ARMY ON THE FLOODED ROADWAY WAITING TO CROSS BUTIBUM BRIDGE. FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS THE BUTIBUM RIVER OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS, FLOODED THE ROAD AND ADJOINING UNITS, AND CARRIED OUT TO SEA THOUSANDS OF EMPTY 44-GALLON DRUMS. THE STORM WAS ONLY LOCAL AND THE BUSU RIVER WAS NOT EFFECTED.
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-14. TRAFFIC OF FIRST ARMY ON THE FLOODED ROADWAY WAITING TO CROSS BUTIBUM BRIDGE. FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS THE BUTIBUM RIVER OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS, FLOODED THE ROAD AND ADJOINING
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-14. JEEP OF FIRST ARMY MOVING ALONG THE FLOODED ROADWAY TO CROSS THE BUTIBUM BRIDGE. FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS THE BUTIBUM RIVER OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS, FLOODED THE ROAD AND ADJOINI
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-14. DEBRIS FROM THE BUTIBUM RIVER PILED AGAINST THE BRIDGE BY FLOOD WATERS. FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS THE BUTIBUM RIVER OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS, FLOODED THE ROAD AND ADJOINING UNITS,
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-14. A TRUCK AT 2/11 MOBILE LAUNDRY, FIRST ARMY, TRAPPED BY FLOOD WATERS. FOLLOWING HEAVY RAINS THE BUTIBUM RIVER OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS, FLOODED THE ROAD AND ADJOINING UNITS, AN
LAE, NEW GUINEA. 1945-10-14. A MEMBER OF THE FIRST ARMY SALVAGING 44-GALLON DRUMS WHICH WERE CARRIED DOWN THE BUTIBUM RIVER WHEN IT OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS DURING HEAVY RAIN. IT FLOODED THE ROAD AND ADJO
LAE AREA, NEW GUINEA, 1945-06-27. THE BUTIBUM BRIDGE OVER THE BUTIBUM RIVER, HEADQUARTERS FIRST ARMY AREA SHOWING RECEDING FLOODWATERS. THE RIVER OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS DURING RECENT HEAVY RAIN AND ROSE
