""Come Along Side!"". A Coast Guardsman signals a tank lighter to come alongside the Combat Transport as it unloads men and material at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, for the invasion. The color of the flag used denotes the type of boat desired from the "Standby Area" astern of the transport. The Coast Guardsman is Leonard P. O'Neill, Yeoman, third class, of Great Falls, Montana.

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