Hot food has come up to these soldiers in the line on the Soputa front near Buna, New Guinea. These Americans were in the line 11 days. Hot food was brought up through the jungle and underbrush as often as possible despite the danger. L. to R.: Pvt William Mills, Sommerville, Mass.; Pvt Hebert Van Lier, Boston, Mass.; Pvt Edward K. Fairbanks, Sommerville, Mass.; and Sgt Joseph P. Doran, Nahant, Mass.” (AP Photo December 24, 1942).
