Tracked armored landing vehicle moving through water carrying troops at Anguar Islands in the Palaus.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Gift of Mary Noble, from The collection of the National WWII Museum
Description: 

Landing Vehicle, Tracked (Armored) moving through water carrying troops. "File no: C.G. 2914. Going in at Anguar - Guns readied, grim faced Army infantrymen sweep toward the beach of Anguar [Angaur] Islands, in the Palaus [Palau Islands]. This sharp photograph of amphibious invasion was made by a Coast Guard combat photographer heading toward the beach in the first waves. It shows at close range an LVT(A) churning through the surf. Its caterpillar treads enables the Landing Vehicle Tanks, Army, to creep over the hidden reefs that sometimes broke the LCVPs. (A U.S. Coast Guard photo). (This is Print No. 58 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit 'Power in the Pacific' at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.) - Official U.S. Navy Photograph".' Pacific Ocean. Palau Islands. September 1944

Image Information

Donor: 
Ms. Mary Noble
Accession Number: 
2010.130.076
Date: 
Location: 
Hometown: 
Branch: 
US Navy
Theater of Service: 
Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)
Unit: 
Campaign / Event: 
POW / KIA: 
Topical Subjects: 
Soldiers--American--Palau Islands
Amphibious vehicles--American--Palau Islands
Collection Level: 
Official U.S. Navy Photographs collected by navy veteran John R. Noble, who served in the Pacific on the USS Castor and the USS Fletcher during World War II.
Geography: 
Angaur
Latitude: 
6.917
Longitude: 
134.150
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--Palau Islands
Amphibious vehicles--American--Palau Islands