A Post Exchange in New Guinea - a photo on Flickriver

This is a photograph taken of my grandfather, Charles O. Sanger, Jr. in New Guinea. He was in the Post Exchange of the 348th General Hospital Unit when this photo was taken. My grandfather's military career began in 1943 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army. On December 7th of that same year, he was leaving Camp Pendleton in California bound for New Guinea in the Pacific. The troop transport that he was on was part of a convoy headed for Hawaii, where he would board another transport to New Guinea. Several days into the journey to Hawaii, his ship had an engine failure which had caused the ship to have to stop and make repairs. Meanwhile, the convoy left the single transport unprotected and headed on for Hawaii. Back home in Marietta, Ga the local papers reported that the transport had been sunk by Japanese submarines and that all aboard had been lost. My grandfather did not know of this until his transport finally made it Hawaii fourty-five days later, at which time word was sent to the families of all the soldiers on board telling them that the transport had arrived safely in Hawaii. In Hawaii, my grandfather along with the other troops headed for New Guinea boarded another transport that took them to their final destination. My grandfather held the rank of Sergeant during his time in New Guinea.

Conversation Charles O. Sanger Jr. to Charles O. Sanger IV, April 7 2007

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army

Taken in: Papua New Guinea / Morobe (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1944

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Sgt. Charles Oswald Sanger Jr.

Sets appears in: • The Sanger Family at War

Groups appears in: • NGCSU History 2112H

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