American landing craft unloading supplies onto a beach, Leyte Gulf, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph, aerial. USS LST-242, USS LST-608, USS LST-609, and other Landing Ship, Tanks unloading supplies onto beach. Official caption on front: "LST's unload supplies in Leyte Gulf, 22 Oct. 1944. US Army Photo 150-5." Leyte Gulf, Philippines. 22 October 1944
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10/22/1944
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography:
Leyte
Latitude:
10.833
Longitude:
124.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Equipment & supplies--Philippines
Landing craft--American--Philippines
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines
Beaches--Philippines
Aerial photographs--Philippines