During the thick of the fighting at Buna, an Australian infantryman receives a handful of grenades from a fellow soldier inside the tank. American tanks manned by Australian crews, carried large quantities of grenades which were distributed to the infantry. This picture was made during the actual fighting
Summary
Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.
Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 33, frame 959.
Tags
Date
01/01/1940
Location
buna
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain