Captain Bill Harves relaxes in front of his tent while awaiting the troop ship M.S. Roseville that carried his Squadron mates from the U.S.
The ship arrived at Milne Bay, New Guinea at 1800 on the 26 May 1944. The ship next arrived at APO 503, (Oro Bay, NG2) on the 29 May 1944 and here twenty-one (21) Officers and one hundred sixty eight (168) enlisted men disembarked, one (1) man being in the ship hospital and transferred to the Base Hospital upon arrival. (Courtesy Bill Harves)


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