1st Lt. Paul Maurer treating patients in New Guinea / U.S. Army. Signal Corps. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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1st Lt. Paul Maurer treating patients in New Guinea / U.S. Army. Signal Corps.
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First Lt. Paul Maurer is shown treating patients in New Guinea in this Signal Corps photograph dated November 15, 1942, during the Papua campaign. By late that year, fighting around Buna and Gona was producing a steady stream of wounded and sick soldiers, and frontline medical care often took place under primitive conditions, with tropical disease adding to battle casualties. Army Signal Corps photographers recorded scenes like this to document the war effort, so the picture offers a rare view of everyday medical work in a remote theater.
| Created / published | 1942 Nov. 15. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | No. 166732. |
| Subjects | World War, 1939-1945--Medical aspects--Papua New Guinea. World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--American--Papua New Guinea. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170123 |
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