Navajo Code Talkers at Bougainville in December, 1943 during World War II. Corporal Henry Bake Jr (left) and Private First Class George H Kirk (right), serving with a Marine signal unit, operate a portable radio set in a clearing they've hacked in the dense jungle close behind the front lines.

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Size: 5968px × 4628px
Location: Bougainville, South Pacific.
Photo credit: © Alpha Historica / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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