Marines move a 105 mm M2A1 howitzer through mud on Cape Gloucester, on the northern side of the far west part of the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea; January 1944.


Mud - the second enemy

A fighter of the 1st Marine Division makes his way through swamp water on Cape Gloucester, on the northern side of the far west part of the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea; January 1944.


Battle for Hill 660

Two Marines (on the right a captain) inspect a captured Japanese Type 93 Kyūsan-shiki syō-kaen-hasshaki flamethrower on Cape Gloucester, on the northern side of the far west part of the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea; January 1944.  
