Japanese ammunition dump burning on Biak, Indonesia, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Japanese ammunition dump burning on a coastline; United States Navy sailors are standing on a boat in the foreground. Official caption on front: "Jap ammunition dump goes up on Biak, N. E. I. US Navy Photo 140-16." Biak, Indonesia. 1944

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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.
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Biak
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Ammunition dumps--Indonesia
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Indonesia
Ammunition dumps--New Guinea