Loading of wounded American marines on a hospital ship on the island of Bougainville

wounded American marines

 

Wounded in the initial phase of the landing on the island of Bougainville (New Guinea), American marines are sent from the landing boat to the side of the hospital ship. The landing of American forces on the island took place in the Gulf of Empress Augusta.

 

American marines  source: commons.wikimedia.org.

 

 

Location: Bougainville, New Guinea
Date: November 1943

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