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BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-01. JAPANESE MEDICAL ORDERLIES CARRYING A STRETCHER CASE ASHORE FROM AN AUSTRALIAN BARGE. WALKING PATIENTS IN THE NEXT BARGE WATCH THE UNLOADING OPERATIONS. THE EVACUATION OF SICK AND WOUNDED JAPANESE PATIENTS TO FAURO ISLAND AND HIGH RANKING JAPANESE OFFICERS TO SAMANSO ISLAND FROM THE BUIN AREA, BOUGAINVILLE HAS BEEN ARRANGED BY HEADQUARTERS 2 CORPS.
SAMANSO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-10-01. LIEUTENANT GENERAL M. KANDA, WHO WAS COMMANDER OF JAPANESE FORCES ON BOUGAINVILLE, STEPPING ASHORE FROM A JAPANESE BARGE. ALL HIGH RANKING OFFICERS IN TH
FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-10-01. JAPANESE BARGE CARRYING SIGN "CONTAGIOUS PATIENTS" WAITS OFF THE BEACH DURING UNLOADING OF JAPANESE SICK AND WOUNDED ON FAURO ISLAND. ALL JAPANESE MEDICAL
SAMANSO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-10-01. LIEUTENANT GENERAL M. KANDA AND VICE-ADMIRAL BARON SAMEJIMA STANDING ON THE RAMP OF A JAPANESE BARGE WAITING FOR THE ORDER TO MOVE ASHORE. ALL HIGH RANKI
FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-10-01. UNLOADING AND SEARCHING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS AS JAPANESE MEDICAL PATIENTS FROM THE BUIN AREA ARRIVE BY LANDING BARGE AT THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HOSPITAL AT
BOUGAINVILLE. 1945-10-01. JAPANESE PATIENTS LINED UP ON THE BEACH WHILE MEMBERS OF FIELD SECURITY SECTION SEARCH THEIR PERSONAL GEAR FOR WEAPONS. ALL MEDICAL CASES ARE BEING EVACUATED TO THE NEWLY CON
FAURO ISLAND, BOUGAINVILLE AREA. 1945-10-01. JAPANESE MEDICAL ORDERLIES AND PATIENTS UNLOADING FROM A LANDING BARGE AT FAURO ISLAND. AUSTRALIAN FIELD SECURITY SERVICE PERSONNEL FROM 2 CORPS ARE CARRYI
