New Georgia
Pvt. Lloyd Culuck, Co. A, 1st Bn., 172nd Inf, gets chow from a can of Ration B on New Georgia Island, SW Pacific. He uses the can lid in lieu of fork or spoon. On the island since the first beachhead was established, he hasn't changed clothes in 12 days. (Jul 43) Signal Corps Photo: 161-43-2537 (DiPaola)

Vella Lavella
Infantrymen of Co. "I" await the word to advance in pursuit of retreating Japanese forces. Stepping Stone Island on the Vella Lavella Island Front, Southwest Pacific. (13 Sep 43) Signal Corps Photo: 161-43-4081 (Schuman)

New Georgia
Casualties lying on stretchers aboard a lighter. Munda Point, New Georgia, SW Pacific. (12 Jul 43) Signal Corps Photo: 161-43-2100 (Wendlinger)

New Guinea
Radio Operator, Cpl. John Robbins of Louisville, Nebraska, 41st Signal, 41st Inf. Div., operating his SCR 188 in a sandbagged hut at Station NYU. Dobodura, New Guinea. (9 May 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 5901 (T/4 Harold Newman)

New Guinea
No. 2 Gun Crew, Btry D, 208th CA AA, man their 3 inch AA gun at New Fighter Strip, Dobodura, New Guinea. (17 May 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 6003 (Pfc. John A. Moore)

New Guinea
Pvt. Arthur Ristinen of Menagha, Minn., and Pfc. John Weinzinger of Phillips, Wisconsin, 186th Inf. Reg., 41st Inf. Div., relax in front of Warisota Plantation sawmill run by men of the 186th. Sawmill was used to obtain lumber for bridge construction on the new Oro Bay Dobodura road, New Guinea. (5 May 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 5816 (T/4 Harold Newman)

New Guinea
Mobile Machine Shop truck of the 741st Ord. Co., 41st Inf. Div., at Horanda, New Guinea. Pfc. George Chapman, Helena, Montana and Sgt. John Eppard, Pasadena, Cal., machinists, working on automotive parts. (9 May 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 6856

New Guinea
Pvt. Mearl Hatfield, Jellico, Tenn., and Pvt. Clen C. Campell, LaGrande, Oregon operate the QM's portable laundry diesel engine somewhere on New Guinea. (19 Apr 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 5924 (Pfc. Harry Young)

Australia
Capt. E. H. Lowe, the first black graduate from OCS in the SWPA, pins insignia on 2nd Lt. James B. Morris, Des Moines, Iowa at OCS graduation exercise held at Camp Columbia, Brisbane, Australia. (29 Jun 43) Signal Corps Photo: GHQ SWPA SC 43 7037 (T/4 Harold Hoffman)

North Africa
Crew of M-3 Tank #309490, D Co., 2nd Bn., 12th Ar. Reg., 1st Arm. Div. at Souk el Arba, Tunisia. (23 Nov 42) Signal Corps Photo: NA-COO-42-207 (Cooper)

North Africa
Crew of M-3 Tank #309503, 2nd Bn., 12th Ar. Reg., 1st Arm. Div., at Souk el Arba, Tunisia. (23 Nov 42) Signal Corps Photo: NA-COO-42-211 (Cooper)

North Africa
Crew of M-3 Tank #309576, 2nd Bn., 12th Ar. Reg., 1st Arm. Div., at Souk el Arba, Tunisia. (24 Nov 42) Signal Corps Photo: NA-COO-42-217 (Cooper)

North Africa
Herbert M. Sifford, Greensberg, Pa., assistant field director of the American Red Cross, grinding coffee at an ARC camp near Tebessa, Tunisia before heading out to visit the soldiers. (19 Feb 43) Signal Corps Photo: NA ZEI-43-987 (Zeigler)

North Africa
"Eyes of Censorship", peering through paper counter-stamped by Base Censors and then U.S. Censors Offices, Algiers, Africa. (12 Oct 43) Signal Corps Photo: MM-MCQ-43-4119 (McQuarrie)

North Atlantic
Members of a "Checker Board" crew that brought the Liberty Ship S.S. Booker T. Washington from the U.S. to Cardiff, Wales, play with their mascot "Booker". (L-R) R. C. Woods, Galveston, Texas, A. M. Mulzac, Trinidad, W. B. Shepard, Los Angeles, Calif., and S. O'Neil, also fro Los Angeles. (6 Feb 43) Signal Corps Photo: ETO-HQ-43-1176 (Baum)

Iceland
At sea near northern Iceland, a soldier-passenger from the 121st R. I. Co. relaxes with a new book. (20 May 43) Signal Corps Photo: EDA 43 269 (Cpl. Frank Kaye)

Iceland
Sanskeid Range. Gun crew prepares to fire a 37mm sub-caliber mounted on a 75mm field howitzer during range practice by the 19th and 21st FA. (20 Jun 43) Signal Corps Photo: IBC 43 1037 (Sgt. Altman)

Sicily Invasion
The Robert Rowan (Ship K-40) explodes after being hit by a German bomber off of Gela, Sicily. (11 Jul 43) Signal Corps Photo: MM-43-L-1-23 (Lt. Longini)

Sicily Invasion
Grave of the first American casualty on the beach. Gela, Sicily. (12 Jul 43) Signal Corps Photo: MM-43-P3-31 (Paris)

Sicily Invasion
Crew from the tank "Eternity" check their vehicle after landing at Red Beach 2, Sicily. (10 Jul 43) Signal Corps Photo: MM-43-01-32 (Osborne)

Sicily Invasion
American soldiers looking at a dead German pilot and his wrecked plane near Gela, Sicily. (12 Jul 43) Signal Corps Photo: MM-43-S1-20 (Stoen)

Sicily Invasion
Pvt. George Katere, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Pfc. Wm. Mosa, Wheeling, W. Va., and Jessie A. Hampton of Louisville, Ky., making friends with a group of civilians. (11 Jul 43) Signal Corps Photo: MM-43-06-21 (Cpl. Osborne)

Sicily Invasion
Cartoon on the Jeep of Cpl. Paul F. Janesk, Antrim, Penn., with the face of Mussolini crossed out. (3 Sep 43) Signal Corps Photo: MM-Har-9-3-43-Pl-2 (Harman)

Farewell!
Gen. Bernard Law Montgomery is bid a jolly farewell by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., at the Palermo, Sicily airport after a visit by Gen. Montgomery. (28 Jul 43) Signal Corps Photo: MM-Bri-7-28-43-R2-6 (Lt. Brin)