Allied troops and equipment on the shore of Borneo in July 1945

Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, Gift of Stacy Hutchinson, from the Collections of the National WWII Museum
Description: 

Australian troops -- equipped with US jeeps, trucks, and other vehicles -- storm ashore from landing crafts in the first assault wave to hit Balikpapan. Coast Guard Combat Photographer James L. Lonergan stands in the landing craft; see 2000.325.047. Balikpapan, July 1945.

Image Information

Accession Number: 
Date: 
1945-07-
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Collection Level: 
Collection of U.S. Official Coast Guard images.
Geography: 
Balikpapan
Latitude: 
-1.250
Longitude: 
116.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--Australian--Borneo
Soldiers--American--Borneo
Landing craft--American--Borneo