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80-G-59332: Bougainville Campaign, November 1943-August 1945

80-G-59332: Bougainville Campaign, November 1943-August 1945. U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Base, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 10 March 1944. The MTB Squadrons scoreboard shows 14 Japanese flags represent barges sunk. Ensign R.A. Hockbirg, a PT Boat Captain, is at right. The base was on a point of the small island opposite Capr Torokina, Empress Augusta Bay. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/3/12).
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Caption: Bougainville Campaign, November 1943-August 1945. U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Base, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 10 March 1944. The MTB Squadrons scoreboard shows 14 Japanese flags represent barges sunk. Ensign R.A. Hockbirg, a PT Boat Captain, is at right. The base was on a point of the small island opposite Capr Torokina, Empress Augusta Bay. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/3/12).
Accession #: 80-G-59332
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