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Buna (vicinity), New Guinea. Native stretcher bearers in New Guinea carrying American wounded from the front lines pause to rest themselves and the soldiers in the shade of a coconut grove, enroute to hospitals in the rear

Buna (vicinity), New Guinea. Native stretcher bearers in New Guinea ca...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Australia in the war. Captain N. C. Whithead, of the Australian armored forces, who led the tank attacks on the Japanese positions at Buna. Manned by Australian troops, American tanks played an important part in the action in this theatre

Australia in the war. Captain N. C. Whithead, of the Australian armore...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Troops in Australia. American tanks, manned by Australian crews, led the attack on Buna. This picture, taken during the fighting, shows the thick tropical growth under which the battle was fought. A chain of heavily fortified Japanese pillboxes was smashed by the tanks

Troops in Australia. American tanks, manned by Australian crews, led t...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Buna, New Guinea. Papuan natives shouldering litters carrying blood plasma to the evacuation stations just behind the front liine at Buna. They are given a large measure of credit for the Allied successes in New Guinea. The litters are made of betelwood, by hand, and bound with bark rope

Buna, New Guinea. Papuan natives shouldering litters carrying blood pl...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: C-148. Image source: American Red Cross. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Off... More

Buna, New Guinea. Papuan natives shouldering litters carrying blood plasma to the evacuation stations just behind the front liine at Buna. They are given a large measure of credit for the Allied successes in New Guinea. The litters are made of betelwood, by hand, and bound with bark rope

Buna, New Guinea. Papuan natives shouldering litters carrying blood pl...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

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

During the thick of the fighting at Buna, an Australian infantryman re...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, tank, artillery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Troops in Australia. Under cover of tall grass, Australian troops crouch behind an American light tank in fighting at Buna. This picture, taken during actual warfare, shows infantrymen following up the tank as it advances to clear out Japanese pillboxes on the edge of Semini Creek

Troops in Australia. Under cover of tall grass, Australian troops crou...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Australia in the war. Men and supplies go to the front line at Buna. The trailer is hauled by an American jeep, one of the many uses which the versatile little vehicle has been put to in New Guinea

Australia in the war. Men and supplies go to the front line at Buna. T...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. A 37 mm. gun crew, part of a U.S. Army tank force in New Guinea, fires at an objective at Buna Mission. Empty shells, heaped hurriedly in the foreground, indicate intensity of fire. The action resulted in the complete rout of the foe with heavy losses as the American and Australian troops drove the Japanese from their last stronghold in Papua

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New G...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

U.S. Army Forces in New Guinea. U.S. soldiers with their equipment are brought ashore in a landing barge from a transport of Buna, New Guinea, during the Allied offensive that drove the Japanese out of Papua

U.S. Army Forces in New Guinea. U.S. soldiers with their equipment are...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Troops in Australia. Under cover of tall grass, Australian troops crouch behind an American light tank in fighting at Buna. This picture, taken during actual warfare, shows infantrymen following up the tank as it advances to clear out Japanese pillboxes on the edge of Semini Creek

Troops in Australia. Under cover of tall grass, Australian troops crou...

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. T... More

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. On the beach of Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the bodies of slain Japanese soldiers lie a few steps from their shattered landing boat. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New G...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Troops in Australia. An American light tank, manned by an Australian crew, smashed through Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. This picture, taken during the actual fighting, shows an infantry commander jumping on the tank to warn the crew of a pillbox at the right, which the tank blasts away at another ahead. An infantryman in foreground stands ready to pick off Japs as the pillbox is blasted

Troops in Australia. An American light tank, manned by an Australian c...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Troops in Australia. Led by Australian-manned American light tanks, Allied infantry attack Buna. This picture, taken during the actual fighting, shows the dense tropical growth under which the battle was fought

Troops in Australia. Led by Australian-manned American light tanks, Al...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buna, New Guinea. Lieutenant Frederick P. Ross, of Boston, administering a transfusion to a wounded man in a portable hospital just behind the front lines

Buna, New Guinea. Lieutenant Frederick P. Ross, of Boston, administeri...

Public domain photograph related to Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. Palm trees and branches lie strewn on the shell-churned soil of Buna Village, New Guinea, in the wake of the Japanese retreat before U.S. and Australian forces. The Japs were completely routed here with heavy losses

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New G...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Natives aid Allied drive in New Guinea jungles. Without the aid of the New Guinea natives, many a wounded Allied soldier might have died in the trackless jungles. Native carriers "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels" are shown bringing wounded troops into an advanced American dressing station in the Buna area

Natives aid Allied drive in New Guinea jungles. Without the aid of the...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buna, New Guinea. A wounded man behind the lines on the Buna front being given a blood transfusion. Lieutenant J.J. Gotow, of Flint, Michigan, is assisting Captain W.F. Edwards, of New Albany, Indiana

Buna, New Guinea. A wounded man behind the lines on the Buna front bei...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Australia in the war. A member of an Australian tank crew awaits the signal for further attack from the hatch of a camouflaged American tank. This picture was made during the action at Buna

Australia in the war. A member of an Australian tank crew awaits the s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Australia in the war. Men and supplies go to the front line at Buna. The trailer is hauled by an American jeep, one of the many uses which the versatile little vehicle has been put to in New Guinea

Australia in the war. Men and supplies go to the front line at Buna. T...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Oversea... More

An old photo of a man with a rifle. Office of War Information Photograph

An old photo of a man with a rifle. Office of War Information Photogra...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Image source: U.S. Army. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United Sta... More

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Butadiene and styrene production. Butadiene units (in the foreground) and styrene units (in the background) which produce the two basic chemicals for the production of Buna S Rubber at the Institute plant at Institute, West Virginia

Butadiene and styrene production. Butadiene units (in the foreground) ...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, industry history, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the body of a slain Japanese soldiers gives mute evidence of the defeat of the enemy. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces

A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Miss...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New Guinea. Two American soldiers fire into a Japanese dugout before entering it for inspection during the Allied offensive that ended with the capture of Buna Mission, last Japanese point of resistence in the Papuan Peninsula. The Japanese suffered severe losses before their complete defeat in fighting that began with their drive toward Port Moresby on the Southern coast of New Guinea

U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on Japs in capture of Buna, New G...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

An old black and white photo of a man sitting on top of a tank. Office of War Information Photograph

An old black and white photo of a man sitting on top of a tank. Office...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Oversea... More

Troops in Australia. Led by Australian-manned American light tanks, Allied infantry attack Buna. This picture, taken during the actual fighting, shows the dense tropical growth under which the battle was fought

Troops in Australia. Led by Australian-manned American light tanks, Al...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Oversea... More

Troops in Australia. In the final assault on Buna, American light tanks, manned by Australian crews, smashed through Japanese pillboxes. In this picture, taken during the actual fighting, an Australian mortar crew has fired on enemy troops 150 yards away fleeing from a busted pillbox. Note shell-torn coconut tree in foreground

Troops in Australia. In the final assault on Buna, American light tank...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of a group of people walking down a dirt road - FSA / Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people walking down a dirt road ...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Official Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information... More

A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the body of a slain Japanese soldiers gives mute evidence of the defeat of the enemy. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces

A Japanese casuality in the capture of Buna. On the beach at Buna Miss...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: U.S. Army. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. ... More

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Storehouse, Buna & Baku Streets, Oakland, Alameda C...

Significance: Building 88 was used in support of Oakland Army Base's World War II mission. Survey number: HAER CA-125-F Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

A black and white photo of a body of water. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a body of water. Office of War Information ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Image source: U.S. Army. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. ... More

A black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage. Office of War Infor...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Image source: U.S. Army. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. ... More

Buna, New Guinea. A wounded man behind the lines on the Buna front being given a blood transfusion. Lieutenant J.J. Gotow, of Flint, Michigan, is assisting Captain W.F. Edwards, of New Albany, Indiana

Buna, New Guinea. A wounded man behind the lines on the Buna front bei...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: C-418. Image source: American Red Cross. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Off... More

Troops in Australia. American tanks, manned by Australian crews, led the attack on Buna. This picture, taken during the fighting, shows the thick tropical growth under which the battle was fought. A chain of heavily fortified Japanese pillboxes was smashed by the tanks

Troops in Australia. American tanks, manned by Australian crews, led t...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Oversea... More

Troops in Australia. An American light tank, manned by an Australian crew, smashed through Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. This picture, taken during the actual fighting, shows an infantry commander jumping on the tank to warn the crew of a pillbox at the right, which the tank blasts away at another ahead. An infantryman in foreground stands ready to pick off Japs as the pillbox is blasted

Troops in Australia. An American light tank, manned by an Australian c...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Oversea... More

Buna (vicinity), New Guinea. Native stretcher bearers in New Guinea carrying American wounded from the front lines pause to rest themselves and the soldiers in the shade of a coconut grove, enroute to hospitals in the rear

Buna (vicinity), New Guinea. Native stretcher bearers in New Guinea ca...

Image source: U.S. Army Signal Corps. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information ab... More

Australia in the war. American tanks manned by Australian crews, demonstrated their fighting strength during the attack on Buna. The tanks crashed through a chain of heavily fortified Japanese pillboxes and Allied infantry followed the tanks in

Australia in the war. American tanks manned by Australian crews, demon...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

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

During the thick of the fighting at Buna, an Australian infantryman re...

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. T... More

A black and white photo of a group of soldiers. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of soldiers. Office of War Informat...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Image source: U.S. Army. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. ... More

A black and white photo of a tank in the woods. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a tank in the woods. Office of War Informat...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Oversea... More

Troops in Australia. In the final assault on Buna, American light tanks, manned by Australian crews, smashed through Japanese pillboxes. In this picture, taken during the actual fighting, an Australian mortar crew has fired on enemy troops 150 yards away fleeing from a busted pillbox. Note shell-torn coconut tree in foreground

Troops in Australia. In the final assault on Buna, American light tank...

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. T... More

Buna, New Guinea. Lieutenant Frederick P. Ross, of Boston, administering a transfusion to a wounded man in a portable hospital just behind the front lines

Buna, New Guinea. Lieutenant Frederick P. Ross, of Boston, administeri...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Additional number on caption card: C-147. Image source: American Red Cross. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Off... More

A black and white photo of a man sitting in front of a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting in front of a machine. Office...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Image source: Australian Commonwealth photo. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information.... More