The Snapshots in Time Collection

Close Aerial View of Sepik River Village Longhouses, New Guinea

Close Aerial View of Sepik River Village Longhouses, New Guinea

A tightly packed row of traditional stilt longhouses lines the Sepik River in this close aerial photograph, part of a documented sequence of a village strafed and later bombed by Fifth Air Force units operating from Gusap, New Guinea, during the 312th Bombardment Group's 1943-44 campaign. Project: 218561