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Propaganda flyer depicting a dead serviceman chained to the island of New Guinea and holding a citation from General Douglas MacArthur, circa 1942-1945. The flyer was presumably printed by Japanese forces to encourage Allied service members to surrender.
Caption: "Killed in action! Died that the jungles of New Guinea might again rest in peace."
Propaganda flyer depicting three Allied servicemen flanked by two Japanese servicemen on the island of New Guinea, circa 1942-1945. The flyer was presumably printed by Japanese forces to encourage Allied service members to surrender.
Caption: "Island of Deceit. They were a 'pushover' -- were they? Supplies were coming -- did they? Enforcement were on the way -- are they? Now, where are you? You…
Photograph of Lieutenant General Walter Krueger (left) and Lieutenant General Horace Fuller (right) outside their headquarters building, Papua New Guinea, circa 1942-1944.Typed caption glued to verso: "American Generals in New Guinea. Conferring outside their jungle headquarters in New Guinea are Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger (left), commander of the U.S. Sixth Army, and Lt. Gen. Horace Fuller,…
Photograph of General Alexander A. Vandegrift, United States Marine Corps, on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, circa 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "U.S. General Vandegrift leads new attack on Japanese. Lieutenant General Alexander A. Vandegrift, commander of the First U.S. Marine Amphibious Corps, directed the Allied force that landed on Bougainville, last major island base held by the…
Patrol map, "San Cristobal to Buka," NACI Comsopac Patrol, 1943.