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PHILIPPINE CIVILIANS carrying supplies to the front for U.S. troops. Heavy rains and deep mud harassed the supply lines and forward units were dependent on hand-carry or improvised means of transporting supplies.
License: Free license: PD: public domain
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Primary book source of text and photograph: United States Army in World War II Pictorial Record: The War Against Japan
Photograph and text source: https://history.army.mil/html/books/012/12-1/CMH_Pub_12-1.pdf
Photograph and text also found in: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/69698/pg69698-images.html
Book also found in: https://archive.org/details/TheWarAgainstJapan
Link to full digital asset: https://phhistory.org/images/TheWarAgainstJapan033.jpg