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7th Scout Co. HQ Evacuate Wounded, Holtz Bay, Attu ; Seabee's Construct Quonset Hut, Noumea, New Caledonia, 04/29/1943

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Poster for 7th Scout Co. HQ Evacuate Wounded, Holtz Bay, Attu ; Seabee's Construct Quonset Hut, Noumea, New Caledonia,  04/29/1943

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Naval Photographic Center film #940. National Archives description "REEL ONE: 1) MS Harbor & inlet, Holtz Bay.MS SCU LCM comes into beach.2) MS Men load litters on LCV.3) LS PBY taxies in Bay.4) MS Men of 7th. Scout Co. Hdgtrs. on beach (L.L.)5) MS Flag FG, scouts on ground, Jeep, FG.6) MS Men & pup tents in camp area, men-SV.7) SCU Men embark USS Kane from motor launch.8) SHS Wounded lifted from motor launch to DD.9) SCU Scout carried by sailors on deck motor launch.10) SCU Men in stretchers lifted by sailors to deck.11) SHS Stretcher case lifted from bottom of barge. REEL TWO: 1) MS SCU CB with spray nozzle camouflages hut. 2) CU CB, CU auxiliary engine and air compressor--SV. 3) LS CB's construct Quonset hut in jungle. 4) MS CB's lift roof section on hut--SV. 5) SCU CB's place and nail sheeting on roof--SV. 6) LS CB's place roof ribs. SCU CB screws in base of rib. 7) CU CB's hold up arches. CU hand works screw driver. 8) SCU hut framework. MS CB's raise arches on platform--SV. 9) SCU CB fastens rib to joiner. CU CB hammers. 10) CU SCU 2 CB's on roof nail sheets in place. 11) SCU CU man sharpens saw. 12) MS CB on roof nails sheet. Harbor BG. 13) MS interior, CB's nail and fit doo…

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United States. Navy

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WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- New Caledonia, United States. Navy, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, USS Kane (DD-235), World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering And Construction, USS Kane, United States -- Navy -- Seabees

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