Anti-aircraft gun and turret aboard landing craft near Lutong, Borneo, June 1945
Gift in memory of Vernon W. Layton
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Photograph. View of 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun and turret aboard boat. This gun was a standard armament of LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry). There are soldiers observing two nearby LCIs and billowing heavy black smoke in the distance. Official Caption: "Supplied by Military History Section (S.D.9) Photo No. 109777." Near Lutong, Borneo. June 1945
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1945-06-
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Items from the service of Vernon W. Layton, who was born in Millsboro, Delaware on 30 June 1918. Layton enlisted in the US Army on 27 January 1941 and was assigned to the 593rd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment. After training in Florida and California, Layton was shipped to the Pacific Theatre and was stationed on Papua New Guinea and Borneo. Collection consists of 99 photographs. Many are official photographs from the Military History Section (S.D.9) and show Australian and American troops on Borneo in 1945.
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Borneo
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0.583
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114.250
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Antiaircraft guns--Australian--Borneo
Landing craft--Australian--Borneo
Smoke--Borneo