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INLAND FROM TACLOBAN, LEYTE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF WAS SECONDED DIRECTLY TO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S STAFF FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES WHICH BEGAN ON 1944-10-20. IT WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL SPENCER B. AKIN, CHIEF SIGNALS OFFICER, ALLIED FORCES, PACIFIC. THIS OPERATING CAMPSITE WORKED JAPANESE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE COMMUNICATIONS. THE WIRELESS DIRECTION FINDER IS SLIGHTLY RIGHT OF MIDDLE. THE JEEP AT FAR MIDDLE RIGHT WAS USED TO TAKE JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT MESSAGES TO GENERAL MACARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS. NOTE WATER-FILLED BOMB CRATERS, SWOLLEN CREEK AND MUDDY SURROUNDS. MATCHES WITH P514/01. (DONOR A.J. BROWN)
TACLOBAN, LEYTE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF SECONDED DIRECTLY TO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S STAFF FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND COMMANDED BY MAJOR GENERAL S
TACLOBAN, LEYTE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF SECONDED DIRECTLY TO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S STAFF FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND COMMANDED BY MAJOR GENERAL S
TACLOBAN, LEYTE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10-22. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF SECONDED DIRECTLY TO GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S STAFF FOR THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND COMMANDED BY MAJOR GENERA
TOLOSA, LEYTE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES, 1945-01. UNIT NO 6 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF. THIS TWO-STOREY BUILDING WAS USED FOR A SHORT TIME AS A DECODING AND CODE-BREAKING CENTRE FOR JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT
INLAND FROM PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-11. UNIT NO 1 WIRELESS UNIT RAAF. JAPANESE KANA WIRELESS INTERCEPT OPERATORS' CAMP SITE. AN UNKNOWN OPERATOR IS WASHING CLOTHES. THE WIRELESS ROOM BUILDING I
PHILIPPINES, 1944. MEMBERS OF NO. 1 WIRELESS UNIT, AUSTRALIAN JAPANESE KANA INTERCEPT WIRELESS OPERATORS. LEFT TO RIGHT: ERIC HEDLEY, STAN KING, JOHN (BLACK JACK) HAMILTON. (DONOR S. KING)
