Amphibious invasions

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Soldiers helping a landing party ashore from a life raft on the Normandy beaches in June 1944
Soldiers helping a landing party ashore from a life raft. "ETO-HQ-44-5057. Weintraub. 12 June. Signal corps photo....
Soldiers of the 40th Infantry Division sit on an unidentified shore, an LCVP is visible in the background, in 1944
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Soldiers of the 40th Infantry Division sit on an unidentified shore, LCVP...
Soldiers rolling a jeep on to a beach, Cape Gloucester, 1944
Photograph. Soldiers rolling a jeep down an LST ramp into the surf. Official caption on reverse: "3063. From: Public...
Soldiers under the command of Lt. Gen. Eichelberger wade ashore on Luzon from LCI-447 to gain the beach without a struggle on 29 January 1945
384. Photograph. 'File Number 259012 February 14, 1945 Navy lands 8th Army on west coast of Luzon In a brilliant move...
Soldiers unloading LST in the Pacific
Photograph. Soliders unloading supplies from an LST. Location unknown. No date
Soldiers unloading LST in the Pacific
Photograph. Soliders unloading supplies from an LST. Location unknown. No date
Soldiers watch landing craft move out, 1943-1945
Dozens of soldiers on the deck of a ship, watching as several landing craft speed toward a target obscured by smoke. "...
Supplies being unloaded from LST-354 onto Rendova Island, 1943
Photograph. Crew of USS LST-354 unloading supplies onto a beach. Official caption on front: "LST's carry supplies to...
Tanks and vehicles are unloaded onto the beach, France, 1944
Photograph. Tanks and vehicles are unloaded onto the beach. Official caption on photo front: "7/MM-44-1972." Official...
The Army's Americal Division crouch on the sandy shore of the east coast of Cebu on 26 March 1945
390.Photograph. 'File Number 48797 April 7, 1945 Operation Cebu Caught in a combat 'tableaux' by the camera, troops of...
The red, white, and blue of the national ensign colors the invasion scene as American soldiers wade ashore at Okinawa on 1 April 1945
Long shot of beach where soldiers are gathering and in background landing craft and ships can be seen. "File Number:...
Troops and equipment on a beach in southern France, 1944
Troops, vehicles, and equipment line the shore of Alpha Beach near Cavalaire-sur-Mer in southern France during...
Troops carry stretchers from a landing craft at Sarmi, Dutch New Guinea, 17 Mary 1944
USS LCI(L)-30 landing troops carrying stretchers onto a beach during a second assult wave. US Coast Guard photo for "...
Troops carry stretchers from a landing craft at Sarmi, Dutch New Guinea, 17 Mary 1944
USS LCI(L)-30 landing troops carrying stretchers onto a beach during a second assult wave. US Coast Guard photo for "...
Troops of the Army's 77th Division spread out over the beach on Tokashiki Island after the landing on 26 March 1945
392.Photograph. 'File Number 48746 April 5, 1945 Invasion of the Ryukyus! Stars and Stripes unfurl in the Keramas...
Troops of the U.S. Eighth Army pour off Navy LCI's (Landing Craft Infantry) and wade ashore between San Narciso and San Antonio on the west coast of Luzon on 29 January 1945
385.Photograph. 'File Number 259015 Feb. 14, 1945 Navy lands Eighth Army on West Coast of Luzon Troops of the U. S. 8th...
Troops unload from LCMs on Panay
Troops unload from LCMs [Landing Craft Mechanized]. "File Number: 310128. Released: April 9, 1945. Panay 'incident'...
Troops wading ashore from an LCI, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Troops wading ashore from an LCI to reinforce the new Allied beachhead. Official caption on front: "MM-LE1-...
Trucks lining a beach near Hollandia, New Guinea, 1944
Photograph. Military trucks lining a beach after being unloaded from a LST [Landing Ship, Tank]; war-damaged jungle...
Two American LSTs anchored at Tanahmerah Bay, Dutch New Guinea, 1944
Photograph. Two American LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) anchored at a narrow beach during the Battle of Hollandia. Official...
Two Australian soldiers looking towards American LCM near Lutong, Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Two Australian soldiers looking towards American LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) 1331 which is about to...
Two soldiers taking the amphibious training course at Fort Pierce, Florida paddle a rubber landing boat in January 1944
383.Photograph. 'File No. AA-T-42-44510 January 30, 1944 Soldiers Get Sea-Legs Preparing our Army men for what is to...
U. S. Army Rangers hit the beach in France in June 1944
475.Photograph. 'File Number: 45,717 Released: June 12. 1944 Life Line for the Rangers Assigned the hazardous task of...
U. S. Army troops ride to their rendezvous with the invasion of France aboard a Navy LCI in June 1944
"File Number: 59,422. June 12, 1944. What They Been Waiting For - Many smiling, some stern, U. S. Army troops ride to...
U. S. Navy beach battalion's first night ashore in France in June 1944
U. S. Navy beach battalion's first night ashore in France in June 1944. "File No: 59413. June 9, 1944. Navy Goes Ashore...
U.S. Army troops transfer from an LCVP to a U.S. Navy LCI for the long awaited voyage to enemy shores on 6 June 1944
381.Photograph.' File No. 45667 June 6, 1944 Today is the day---Keyed for the task of breeching the walls of Nazi held...
U.S. Marines landing on Iheya Island, Okinawa, Japan, June 1945
Photograph, aerial. View of landing craft carrying U.S. Marines to the shore of Iheya Island; smoke column visbile on...
U.S. Navy Beach Battalion clearing Normandy beaches of obstacles set up by the Germans in June 1944
1/4 ton trucks, Jeeps with trailers and DUKWs travel the beach. "File Number 252842 June 20, 1944 'Pulling the teeth'...
U.S. sailors lowering a jeep from the USS Rutland onto an LCVP on 20 February 1945
U.S. sailors lowering a jeep from the USS Rutland onto an LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] during the invasion...
U.S. troops charge down the ramp of a landing craft onto an 'enemy beach' during pre-invasion maneuvers somewhere along the English coast in 1944
395.Photograph. 'File No: 231,229 June 6, 1944 Avenue to Conquest U. S. troops charge down the ramp of a landing craft...
U.S. troops practice landing and broaching shore defenses in preparation for D-Day on English coastlines in 1944
389.Photograph. "File No: 231,231 June 6, 1944 Up Grade to Victory Symbolizing the up-hill fight the Allies have had,...
U.S.S. Nevada bombards Nazi positions blocking the forward surge of Allied troops in Normandy in June 1944
478.Photograph. 'File No: 50420 June 9, 1944 U. S. Battlewagon Aids Land Forces Flame and smoke gush from the muzzles...
Unloading a jeep onto a war-damaged beach, New Britain
Photograph. United States Army soldiers pushing a jeep from a landing craft onto a narrow, war-damaged beach; US...
Unloading equipment from LST-21 into Normandy in June 1944
Unloading equipment from LST-21 [Landing ship tank] onto Normandy coastline via railroad tracks. Official caption: "...
US amphibious invasion fleet off the coast of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944
Photograph. Several landing craft transporting United States Army soldiers in open ocean. Official caption on front: "...

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