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This is a small bay and surrounding jungle in Dobodura, New Guinea. "Hill - Photo Section - Salinas & Laurel - Doc Speer, Tregea, etc."

The camp at Dobodura with tall palm trees in the foreground. "Hill - Photo Section - Salinas & Laurel - Doc Speer, Tregea, etc."

"Thatched home of the Photo Crew of 3rd Attack Group - at river's edge, just below The Photo Lab. Dobodura is in the Buna and Gona villages on the N.E. coast of New Guinea" From "Darkroom Soldier": "3rd Attack Group Quarters. On the back of this…

One of the long buildings at the camp at Dobodura, New Guinea. "Hill - Photo Section - Salinas & Laurel - Doc Speer, Tregea, etc."

Dobodura natives in full regalia, probably at a sing-sing. "These negatives are not for section use - Sgt. Casey"

A thatch hut in a local Dobodura village. "These negatives are not for section use - Sgt. Casey"

A native, young woman and man, perhaps a couple. "These negatives are not for section use - Sgt. Casey"

"Red Cross girl Dottie Lou Lovell Musical entertainer - often joined by Military musicians here."

"Chess game - 2 photo Lab members of 3rd Attack Group Photo section Fred Hill looks on" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Chessman at Ease. Fred Hill watches Photo Section men play chess. Waiting for their planes to return, men had time to read, take…

"This widely copied picture is of a New Guinea mother known as 'Maude.' It is rumored that women nursed pigs frequently. Pigs were very valuable assets. To squat by a fire, she could flip the long breast over her shoulder."