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 A B-17 overhead drops supplies and American paratroopers of the 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment on Kamiri Airdrome, New Guinea, July 3, 1944. The 503rd was sent to reinforce the American landing on Noemfoor by the 158th Regimental Combat Team on July 2. Coming in a day after the initial landing, the 54th Troop Carrier Wing of the 5th Air Force dropped 739 men directly over the airfield. Kamiri, Noemfoor, New Guinea, July 3, 1944.