The Snapshots in Time Collection
Aerial Reconnaissance Photo: Roads, Camouflaged Equipment, and Lookout Tree near Wewak, New Guinea
This aerial reconnaissance photograph, taken near Wewak, New Guinea, documents Japanese logistics and camouflage efforts observed from the air. A modified tree, stripped of its upper branches, was believed to serve as a lookout post or radio tower, while vehicles and equipment nearby were concealed beneath vegetation - the kind of details intelligence officers of the Fifth Air Force, including the 312th Bomb Group, relied upon to plan strikes against Japanese positions during the New Guinea campaign. Project: 218561