US Navy LCVPs cruising towards Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao Island, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. United States Navy LCVPs [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] cruising towards a distant coastline during an amphibious invasion. Official caption on front: "Landing boats head for Zamoanga. US Navy Photo 140-5." Zamboanga Peninsula, Mindanao Island, Philippines. 1945
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1945
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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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Zamboanga Peninsula
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7.000
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122.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Amphibious operations--Philippines
Landing craft--American--Philippines
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines