Amphibious invasions

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American soldiers unloading equipment and supplies from LSTs, Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph. Long line of soldiers unloading equipment and supplies from LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank); USS LST-204 is fully...
American soldiers wade from a landing craft towards Omaha Beach, D-Day, 6 June 1944
U.S. infantrymen wade ashore from a Coast Guard landing craft as part of “Operation Overlord”; view from inside of...
American soldiers wading towards a beach, Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph. American soldiers exiting USS LSM-311 and wading towards a beach; a section of palm trees lining the beach...
Amphibious fleet seen through French Ruins in June 1944
483.Photograph. 'File No: 59421 June 1 (not legible), 1944 Amphibious Fleet Seen Through French Ruins Through the...
Amphibious LVTs cruising towards Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. United States amphibious LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) cruising in open water under protective fire of a...
Amphibious LVTs cruising towards Peleliu, 1944
Photograph. Amphibious LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) cruising towards Peleliu; a warship is in hte background....
Amphibious operation at Tarakan Island, near Borneo, May 1945
Photograph. Scene from an amphibious operation. Note the LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) called "Alligators" in...
Amphibious operation at Tarakan Island, near Borneo, May 1945
Photograph. Heavy black smoke rising from a tropical island. Notice LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry) covered with the...
Amphibious vehicles unloading from USS LST-787 off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. American LVTs [Landing Vehicle, Tracked] unloading from USS LST-787 in open ocean. Official caption on...
An air view of Yontan airfield at Okinawa after the Yanks arrived in April 1945
604.Photograph 'File Number: 323100 Released: July 19, 1945 In New Hands An air view, looking Southwest, of Yontan...
An Allied task force moves toward the coast of Normandy, France on 7 June 1944
480.Photograph. 'File Number: 231248 June 12, 1944 The Objective Like a low-hanging bank of fog, the French coast can...
An American LVT in the waters off of Bougainville in November 1943
"File No: W-B-LO-5-54390. Released: November 29, 1943. Attack on Bougainville-- Racing for the shore is a cloud of...
An APA lowers an LCVP into the water at an unknown location in June 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. An APA lowers an LCVP [Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel] into the water. "Ships...
An LCVP sinks off the side of the USS Rutland near Iwo Jima in February 1945
An LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] gets twisted and sinks off the side of the USS Rutland during the invasion...
An LSM unloads its cargo of supplies on the Iwo Jima beachhead on 21 February 1945
546.Photograph 'CinCPac-POA AH-70 February 23, 1945 'Unloading of supplies is continuing. . . .' An LSM, with its bow...
An LVT pushes an LCVP off a shore at Guadalcanal in the 1940s
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. An LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) pushes an LCVP off a shore. "Alligator (...
Antiaircraft flak protecting US warships off the coast of Luzon Island, Philippines
Photograph. Antiaircraft flak protecting US warships from Japanese attacks. Official caption on front: "Shell canopy...
Armored amphibians heading toward Angaur, Palau, 1944
Photograph. American armored amphibious vehicles cruising towards a smoke-covered beach. Official caption on front: "...
Army men rehearse rolling out steel matting over which machines move out of LSTs in beaching operations in May 1944
387.Photograph. LSTs [Landing ship, tank]. "File No: 231,224 June 6, 1944 Welcome mat rolled out of LST--Army men...
Army trucks roll off the ramps of LST's during Allied fighting inNisida, Italy in April 1944
459.Photograph. 'File No: 49376 April 15, 1944 Sinews of War Pour into Italy--- Army trucks roll off the ramps of LST's...
Assault waves heading towards Noemfoor, New Guinea, 1944
Photograph. United States servicemen sitting in a landing craft cruising in open ocean; several landing craft are...
Assault waves of US Marines nearing the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. LVTs [Landing Vehicle, Tracked] moving toward a war-damaged beach during an amphibious invasion; smoke is...
Attack transports and LCVPs headed for invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
Attack transports and LCVPs seen from the USS Rutland headed for invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945; the USS...
Attack transports and LCVPs headed for invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
Marines going over the side of the attack transport USS Rutland and into an LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel]...
Australian invasion flotilla offshore of Labuan Island, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian invasion flotilla offshore of tropical island, in Victoria Harbor; viewed from shore. Note the...
Australian landing craft flotilla approaching an island near Lutong, Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian landing craft flotilla approaching an island. Official Caption: "Supplied by Military History...
Australian landing craft on a beach at low tide at Tarakan Island, near Borneo, May 1945
Photograph, aerial. View of three LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) on a beach at low tide; two piers and barge also visible....
Australian landing craft on a beach at low tide at Tarakan Island, near Borneo, May 1945
Photograph, aerial. View of three LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) and one LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) on a beach at low...
Australian landing craft on a beach at low tide at Tarakan Island, near Borneo, May 1945
Photograph, aerial. View of landing beach with two LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) and pontoon pier with landing crafts. Note...
Australian soldiers and jeeps with trailers on landing beach near Lutong, Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Two naked Australian soldiers and two Jeeps with trailers on landing beach. The naked soldier on the left...
Australian soldiers debarking from LST-560, Borneo, 1945
Photograph. Australian soldiers debarking from USS LST-560. Official caption on front: "Australian troops disembark...
Australian soldiers debarking from LST-744, Borneo, 1945
Photograph. Australian soldiers wading through waist-deep water after debarking from the USS LST-744. Official caption...
Australian soldiers driving jeeps with trailers from a LCM near Lutong, Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian soldiers driving two jeeps with trailers from a LCM (Landing Craft, Motorized) on a beach. Note...
Australian troops debarking from an American LSTs, Lae, 1943
Photograph. Australian troops debarking from two American LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank); USS LST-456 is in the background....
Australian Troops in U.S. landing craft at beach, Balikpapan, Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian Troops in U.S. landing craft at Balikpapan landing beach; Official Caption: [damaged] "...
Australian troops landing at Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945
Photograph. Troops of the Australian Seventh Infantry Division heading for tropical shore in landing craft; large cloud...

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