New Guinea Photographs, #4, 1944 - 1945

The Henry J. Cates Jr. Collection contains photographs regarding Technical Sergeant Henry J. Cates Jr. and his service as a Technical Sergeant of water purification for the 1307 Engineers. The photographs in the collection capture the various scenes TSgt. Cates encountered at Camp Claiborne during basic training. There are also several photographs of the 1307 Engineers’ camp in Milne Bay, New Guinea, and indigenous people that regularly interacted with the soldiers.