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80-G-409035: Bougainville Campaign, November 1943-August 1945

80-G-409035: Bougainville Campaign, November 1943-August 1945. As though prospect of the dentist wasn’t bad enough anyway, this sign is hung at the Dental Clinic at Bougainville. The placard suspended from the water bomb depicts oral surgery being performed on a shark-nosed P-40 Army fighter. Steichen Photograph crew, TR-9441, February 1944. Official U.S Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/12/13).
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Caption: Bougainville Campaign, November 1943-August 1945. As though prospect of the dentist wasn’t bad enough anyway, this sign is hung at the Dental Clinic at Bougainville. The placard suspended from the water bomb depicts oral surgery being performed on a shark-nosed P-40 Army fighter. Steichen Photograph crew, TR-9441, February 1944. Official U.S Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/12/13).
Accession #: 80-G-409035
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