SIGNAL CORPS PHOTOGRAPH - U.S. ARMY: As their boats hit Baka Baka Beach, these
members of a New Zealand Brigade rush ashore at Vella Lavella Island in the
South Pacific Area. This unit relieved a U.S. Army Infantry Regiment of the 25th
Division which had originally occupied the island. American soldiers,
easily distinguishable by their helmets, are interspersed among the New
Zealanders. 8/17/1943
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