127-GW-983-69000: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944
![127-GW-983-69000: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944. Marines kneel to worship God in the wilds of New Britain. They were with the Marines that invaded Cape Gloucester the day after Christmas. The altar is a jeep and there are bomb craters in the fields behind them, 26 December 1944. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/7/9). 127-GW-983-69000: Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944. Marines kneel to worship God in the wilds of New Britain. They were with the Marines that invaded Cape Gloucester the day after Christmas. The altar is a jeep and there are bomb craters in the fields behind them, 26 December 1944. Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2014/7/9).](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-pacific/south-southwestern-pacific/new-britain-campaign/battle-cape-gloucester/127-gw-983-69000/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1679070505902.jpg)
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