~~~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~~~~~

Photo A0046: Local village on the hillside near the compound of the 720th MP Battalion, General HQ (GHQ) US Forces Far East in New Guinea, 1944. In addition to coconuts, the villagers also (shown on the hillside) grew rhubarb and corn for consumption and and to support their local agrarian economy. Courtesy of the estate of 1SG Lemuel T. "Lem" Troster, by Donald L. and Gail James.

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