440th Signal Battalion Historic Pictures (Page 1)

We were able to get some photos from WWII and the Korean war. We feel that these pictures represent a very important era of the battalion's history. At this time the battalion is being decommissioned so in our small way we want to pay tribute to it's beginnings.

WWII

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Secrecy stamp. Mail was censored for security reasons

 

Line crew

 

Line crew setting pole. Moresby 1942

 

Wyman relaxing 

Moresby 1943

 

Road sign from airstrips to Moresby

Reverse of sign at left

Wyman working on camp lights

 

Laying cable in Gusap

 

Road sign at Gusap

 

 

 

Convoy from Gusap to Nadzab

 

Same convoy as left photo

 

Laying cable Moresby 1942

 

Pangborn, Wyman, Beauvis

Same photo, another angle

Washroom, Moresby 1943

 

Pole truck with poles cut in Owen Stanley range

Pole yard at Moresby 1942-1943

 

Same pole yard

 

Jorgensen, Mitchell, Broderick

Wyman, Beauvis, Pangborn 

Mitchell, Pangborn, Broderick, Beauvis, Wyman

Mitchell, Beauvis, Pangborn, Wyman

 

Jorgensen, Glass, Broderick, Cox, Pangborn, Beauvis, Mitchell

 

 

 

 

 

Pangborn, Mitchell, Beauvis, Jorgensen

1943

 

 

Pangborn, Wyman, Mitchell, Beauvis, Jorgensen

New Guinea 1942

 

Bill Pangborn

 

Bob Beauvis

 

Earl Mitchell

 

 

Bernie Wyman

 

Karl Jorgensen

Al Broderick

12' 6" snake killed at Nadzab

 

2004 reunion in Reno. Pictured left to right: Pangborn, Wyman. Next is R.Gleason who does not appear in any of the above pictures along with Lott Harrison..

 

 

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