Colored American engineer corps wade ashore at Toam on coast of Dutch New Guinea. The area was occupied against slight Japanese opposition. It was stepping stone in capture of Japanese-held Wakde Island. American troops wading ashore at Toem, then in Dutch New Guinea, in 1944, as a steppingstone operation in the capture of Japanese-held Wakde Island. May 21, 1944. (Photo by Dept. of Information Picture).