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Show j By Bnrcpn of Pnblle Relations, V. S. War Dept.. Wash. D. C. ON ALERT IN NEW GUINEA The highest degree of agility, coordination and teamwork is de-I de-I manded of members of an antiaircraft gun crew. In addition, its members must have the kind of nerves that will stand the protracted periods when nothing happens. Once something does happen j they must snap to the alert. Every man has his appointed task and it is timed to the split second with ! the tasks of his fellow crew members. The work is fast and furious until the last enemy plane is downed or routed. These pictures show a gun crew and installation in New Guinea where the cons bination of accurate antiaircraft fire and daring flyers have kept Japanese plane losses high. Gun crew alerted and ready for action. Note precautions taken to camouflage the position. When the battery is inactive the netting with the concealing strips of colored material is pulled over the emplacement, effectively concealing it from prying aerial eyes. |