Solved the camouflage troop question.
They are members of the 1881st Aviation Engineer Battalion. In current terms they would be an Air Force Airfield Construction Regiment.
They had been languishing at the huge air base at Nadzab for over a year (after building the strips their claim to fame was they built the largest playhouse and concert stage in the whole Pacific)
They obviously were issued with brand new clothing for Hollandia. I am sure they would have been the source of much joking in their jungle suits sitting on an airfield grader while the fighting troops wore plain old uniforms.
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