WWII - 1944, Purata Island, Bougainville Motor Torpedo Boat Base / PT, 10Mar44

WWII - 1944, Purata Island, Bougainville Motor Torpedo Boat Base / PT, 10Mar44 MS Two men work under canvas / machine shop, on small engine. Carry into tent. Pulling bucket of water out of well & pouring into 55 gallon drum & stat engine. CUs. MS welding w/ acetylene torch, sawing, etc. Men glistening w/ sweat / sweating from jungle humidity. 15:10:43 LS men & officers walking thru camp tents. Bulldozer, boat on cribbing. Sign: Boat Pool-11 Repair Unit. MTB Squadrons - Bougainville - Give Me A Fast Ship And I Welcome To Go In Harms Way - John Paul Jones. 15:11:44 Sign: Sick Bay, Sick Call... Man on crutches & in pajamas enters. 15:12:02 Sign: Officer’s Country (sic - aka Officers’) Men talking between large tents. 15:12:22 Sign: PT Base Armory on tent. MS Men work on machine gun. Men sitting reading / writing. 15:12:55 Men playing catch w/ baseball. 15:13:16 Man baking in bakery tent. Rolling dough, trimming in pan. Men in line in mess tent. Men reading newspapers in tent. 15:15:23 Men hanging out clothes on lines on PT boat. Various views of men served food & eating at mess aboard PT. 15:17:12 Men in PT sleeping compartment. WW2 South Pacific; PT Crew Activities; 1943ca; 1944ca;