US supplies being unloaded in Tanahmerah Bay, Dutch New Guinea, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. American LSTs [Landing Ship, Tank] unloading supplies onto a beach; several other landing crafts are also docked in the bay. Official caption on front: "Supplies being unloaded at Tanahmerah Bay, Dutch New Guinea. Coast Guard Photo 207-18." Tanahmerah Bay, New Guinea [modern-day Tanahmerah Bay, 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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Jayapura
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-2.617
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140.650
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--New Guinea
Equipment & supplies--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea
Equipment & supplies--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea