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Biak, Ocean Swimming 5
"Swimming off barge at Biak"
Biak, Ocean Swimming 4
"Swimming off barge at Biak"
Biak, Ocean Swimming 3
"Diving into 20 ft. deep water off the barge at Biak"
Biak, Ocean Swimming 2
"Swimming off a sunken barge at edge of a coral shelf. Possible to wade to the barge and dive into 20 ft deep water on seaward side at Biak, Dutch New Guinea 17th tactical Recon Sqdn"
Biak, Ocean Swimming 1
"Some of the best ocean swimming in the S. Pacific was off a barge at the edge of a coral shelf at Biak. Thigh deep out to the barge - 20' deep on other" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Swim Time. Before showers were set up, soldiers first bathed in fresh…
Aerial, 1st SoPac Parachute Mission
"1st Parachute mission in S. Pacific - 503rd drop at Nadzab Papua New Guinea (1st Combat drop)"
82nd Recon, Nadzab
"82nd Recon area - Nadzab, Papua, New Guinea"
Aerial, Smoking Volcano
"A small, smoking volcano crater - Somewhere in the South Pacific Islands - Taken by 17th Photo Gunner enroute home, perhaps from Rabaul" "New Britain, Rabaul, 1943"
California Homes 8
"Salinas Calif. 1941 - Where it all began for the 71st Group"
California Homes 7
"Salinas Calif. 1941 - Where it all began for the 71st Group"