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Jungle Becomes a Beachhead to Bush Gibraltar Feels War Life
The Bougainville landings show U S forces rapidly building roads bridges and lines of communication, while engineers, signalmen, doctors, and dentists rush to support troops. Officers report in tents behind front lines as 3500 soldiers watch movies weekly, and improvised shelters and comforts grow amid jungle hazards and sporadic heavy fighting.
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SSO
Hollywood
Hildegarde
San Francisco
New Georgia
Guadalcanal
G-4
Jim Smith
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Division CP
Alcorn
William A. Orick
Cincinnati
Orick
Mitsubishis
Melvin E
Speed) Spiedel
37Th Division
Cleveland
Spiedel
Spiedel’s
Speed
Boys
Co. C
Bougainville
Rabaul
New Britain
Gibraltar