SWPA

May 17, 20225 min read

Base R - Batangas, Philippines (November 1945)

Image description: "Natives at Batangas Philippines."(Personal collection of Norman Nigh) Photograph likely taken on or near Base R....

Mar 29, 20225 min read

Image description: Map of the Morotai invasion in September 1944. (Source: US Army Center of Military History File:Morotai 1944 - reports...

May 3, 20217 min read

Image description: The Sea Flasher was the vessel that carried Norman Nigh and the other members of the U.S. Army's 3rd Engineer Special...

Oct 29, 20203 min read

Image description: "Leaving Borneo for Philippines." (Personal collection of Norman Nigh.) Norman and others of Company C boarded the...

Oct 11, 20204 min read

Image description: "Our boat taken at Morotai while staging for invasion of Borneo." (Personal collection of Norman Nigh.) The photo was...

Aug 29, 20203 min read

Image description: Map of the Southwest Pacific Area, 1942, from the Papua Campaign Brochure by Charles R. Anderson, produced by the U.S....

Aug 23, 20205 min read

Image description: U.S. Engineer Special Brigade insignia, worn as a shoulder patch. It consisted of a gold Thompson (Tommy) sub-machine...