US servicemen storming Wadke, New Guinea, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States servicemen crouching and lying in prone position on a grassy beach. Official caption on front: "Storming Wadke Island 16 May, 1945 [sic]. US Navy Photo 127-3." Wadke, New Guinea. May 1944

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1944-05-
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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.
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Papua
Latitude: 
-5.000
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138.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Borneo
Soldiers--American--Papua New Guinea
Campaigns & battles--Papua New Guinea