Sailors unloading at Red Beach, Dutch New Guinea, 1944
Gift of William P. Desjardins
Description:
Photograph. Sailors unloading at Red Beach. Additional LSTs can be seen further down the beach. At the nearest ship a Landing Vehichle Tracked [LVT] is loading supplies from an LST. Cape Opmarai, Dutch New Guinea. 30 July 1944
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07/30/1944
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Items from the service of an unidentified United States Coast Guard [USCG] sailor aboard LST-170 in the Pacific Theater of Operations. LST-170 was commissioned on 31 May 1943, and manned by an all USCG crew. Between May 1943 and the end of the war, LST-170 participated in multiple landings in the Bismark Islands, New Guinea, Hollandia, and the Philippines. She earned seven battle stars during the war in the Pacific. This collection consists of photographs that depict ship board life, islands in the pacific, and invasions.
Geography:
Papua New Guinea
Latitude:
-6.000
Longitude:
147.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Sailors--American--New Guinea
Beaches--New Guinea
Amphibious operations--New Guinea