The American campaign against the Japanese in the South West Pacific during World War II. Landing Craft Infantry and Landing Ship Tanks move towards the beach of New Guinea. Soldiers disembark from the vessels. Allied Supreme Commander for the Pacific General Douglas MacArthur and other officers aboard a ship as they look at a map and discuss. An officer looks through binoculars towards the coast.
United States soldiers during the invasion of New Guinea during World War II. Two United States soldiers throw gasoline on native huts. The huts on fire as smoke rises. Men atop an improvised observation tower. A man at a multiple 50 caliber machine gun. A long column of soldiers wades through waist deep water as they cross a stream.
An airstrip under construction in New Guinea during World War II. A road scraper works at the airstrip. A Brigadier General of U.S. Army looks on. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Walter Kruger talks to several officers at the airstrip.
An airstrip under construction in New Guinea during World War II. A sign reads ' T2 our motto. Get the lead out of your ass and get it up to the troops'. The airstrip being leveled. Men and equipment at work at the airstrip. A U.S. Army Air Force C-47 Skytrain aircraft lands at the airstrip and taxis. C-47s lined up on the airstrip.
United States troops cross a stream in New Guinea during World War II. United States soldiers get into a rubber raft and pull themselves across a stream. Engineers put logs of wood in the stream as they construct a wooden bridge. The engineers carry wooden logs towards the stream. The soldiers cross the wooden bridge.
Jungle assault training of U.S. Army 1st Cavalry Division at Camp Strathpine, Queensland, Australia, during World War II. Soldiers of 1st Cavalry Division cross a stream in tarpaulin boats. The soldiers tow a 75 mm howitzer along a road and into a field. The soldiers use a surveyor's transit. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, Commander of the U.S. Sixth Army, is escorted by Major General Innis P. Swift, Commander of the 1st Cavalry Division. They inspect activities at the training camp. View of a cabin in the woods serving as the Division Headquarters. General Krueger puffs on a tobacco pipe while General Swift points out various aspects of the training, including a soldier crossing a river on a zip line. They climb a small hill, where Krueger, now smoking a cigarette, climbs into a waiting jeep.
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