US LSTs unloading supplies onto Bougainville Island, New Guinea, 1943
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. Five American LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) unloading supplies onto a beach. Official caption on front: "LST's unload at Bougainville. US Navy Photo 123-15." Bougainville Island, New Guinea. 1943
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1943
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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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Bougainville
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--Bougainville
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea