Us Official Photographs

40 mm gun crew in Admiralty Islands

A 40 mm anti-aircraft gun crew of the 208th Anti-Aircraft Battery, in a practice alert somewhere in the Admiralty Islands. The Battery holds a Presidential Citation conferred upon them for distinguished service in the Papuan Campaign. The crew includes: Left sight, PFC Frank J. Nemetz of Greenwich, Connecticut Right sight, PFC Jos Lynch of New Britain, Connecticut Loader, Cpl. M. Orenstein of Hartford, Connecticut Director crew, left to right: PFC Walter Woron of Ansonia, Connecticut Cpl. Carl M. Barlow of Clearwater, Florida PFC Richard Curran of Franklin, New Hampshire