Coast Guard and Marines unloading vehicles from landing ship at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 26, 1941.

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

Landing Ship Tanks unloading on shoreline. "File No: C.G. 3071. Pushing in a jeep - A jeep from a Coast Guard-manned LST being pushed ashore through the surf at Cape Gloucester, New Britain by Coast Guard and marines, December 26, 1941. (A U.S. Coast Guard photo). (This is Print No. 93 in the U.S. Navy Exhibit 'Power in the Pacific' at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City. - Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph".' Pacific Ocean. 26 December 1943

Image Information

Donor: 
Ms. Mary Noble
Accession Number: 
2010.130.078
Date: 
Location: 
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Branch: 
US Navy
Theater of Service: 
Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO)
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Topical Subjects: 
Soldiers--American--New Guinea
Landing craft--American--New Guinea
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: 
Gloucester, Cape
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--New Guinea
Landing craft--American--New Guinea