Lot 11 Photos SHIRTLESS 118th MEDICAL BATTALION 43rd DIVISION JUNGLE MUNDA 73

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ORIGINAL WWII PHOTOS - ORIGINAL TO THE TIME - NOT A COPY, SCAN, OR REPRO
QUANTITY: 11 - See the other original WWI & WWII photos that I have listed.
ITEM: Lot of 11 Original WWII Snapshot Photos of 118th MEDICAL BATTALION, 43rd DIVISION GI's from CONNECTICUT in the Jungle of MUNDA, NEW GEORGIA, 1943.
Photos are from Sergeant (T/4) John Nappi of New Haven, Connecticut. He was in the 118th Medical Battalion, 43rd Infantry Division. Trained at Camp Blanding Florida (1941), Louisiana Maneuvers (1941), Carolina Maneuvers (1941), Camp Shelby Mississippi (1942). He served in New Zealand (1942), Noumea New Caledonia (1942), Guadalcanal (1943), Munda New Georgia (1943), recovered from malaria in New Zealand (1944), Aitape New Guinea, Luzon Philippines (1945). Most of the 118th Medical Battalion was from Connecticut (New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, etc.). Notably Sergeant Nappi got malaria in New Caledonia and recovered in the 38th General Hospital in Auckland, New Zeeland in 1944. He volunteered to receive a secret experimental drug as a Guinea pig for which he received a commendation from General Harmon.
SORRY. I WILL NOT SELL OR SHIP THIS ITEM TO ADDRESSES IN RUSSIA, AFRICA, OR SOUTH AMERICA DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH POSTAL SYSTEMS.
DATE: WWII - photos do not glow under a black light.
SIZE: 3" x 4"
CONDITION: Very Good; See scans..
BACK: Blank; See last scan.
SOURCE: From the archives of the World War History & Art Museum (WWHAM) in Alliance, Ohio. WWHAM designs and delivers WWI and WWII exhibits to other museums. Our traveling exhibits include Brushes With War, a world class collection of 325 original paintings and drawings by soldiers of WWI, and Iron Fist, an HO scale model of the German 2nd Panzer Division in 1944 with 4,000 vehicles and 15,000 men.
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