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
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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