Amphibious invasions

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Japanese soldiers being hauled on to a boat, Namur Island, 1944
Photograph. Japanese soldiers grasping a rope as they are hauled out of the ocean and into a Coast Guard rescue boat....
Landing assaults are launched while surface bombardment takes place on Guam on 20 July 1944
504.Photograph. 'File Number: 59457 August 2, 1944 D-Day on Guam Rising to a crescendo as landing assaults are launched...
Landing craft approach the Normandy beaches on D-Day in June 1944
Landing craft approach the Normandy beaches. "ETO-HQ-44-4754-13. Wall. 7 June. Signal corps photo. Landing craft...
Landing craft burning in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. Smoke rising from a burning American landing craft; M4 Sherman tanks with deep wading vents arriving on a...
Landing craft cruising toward Guam, Mariana Islands, 1944
Photograph. Landing craft transporting United States servicemen toward a mountainous coastline. Official caption on...
Landing craft delivering supplies, Legazpi, 1945
Photograph. USS LST-932 and other landing craft delivering supplies to a war-damaged beach. Official caption on front...
Landing craft in the ocean carrying tank and servicemen, 1943-1945
View from the rear of an LCM (Landing Craft, Mechanized) being driven through the sea with an M5 Stuart tank on deck,...
Landing craft mill about in their distinguishing cycles before hitting the Iwo Jima beach on 19 February 1945
542.Photograph 'File Number: 304743 Released: March 14, 1945 Assault on Iwo Jima Grim milestones on the Tokyo Road The...
Landing craft smash ashore at Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
Landing craft approach Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945. "File Number: 305664 Released: April 25, 1945 Assault on Iwo Jima...
Landing craft unload infantry onto the beach, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Landing craft unload infantry onto the beach. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-120"; Sig Corps Radio...
Landing craft unload supplies onto Yellow Beach on Okinawa in 1945
Landing crafts LCT-1415, LCT-1179 (probably), LCT-1265, and LCT-1049 unload supplies on Yellow Beach while USS LSM-220...
Landing craft unloading Seabees and supplies onto a beach, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. American landing craft, including USS LST-477, unloading Seabees and supplies onto a beach. Official...
Landing crafts in the ocean, Tarawa, 1943
Photograph. Landing crafts carrying servicemen in the ocean; explosions are going off on the coast in the background....
Landing crafts on South Pacific island shoreline at New Guinea in 1944-1945
Landing crafts on South Pacific island shoreline. '"LST Landing somewhere in New Guinea."' New Guinea. Late 1944 to...
Landing supplies along the coast of Normandy, France in June 1944
477.Photograph. 'File Number: 252,568 June 15, 1944 Bridge Across the Channel Though the battle for the beachhead has...
Landing troops on beachfront during invasion of Normandy in June 1944
Landing troops on beachfront during invasion of Normandy; D+1. "ETO-HQ-44-4754-21. Wall. 7 June. Signal corps photo....
Large quantities of supplies on a beach, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Large piles of supplies on a beach; a line of United States Marines are unloading a landing craft in the...
Large-scale amphibious operation on the coast of Normandy, France, June 1944
Photograph. Landing craft, barrage balloons, and military vehicles gathering on a beach. Official caption on front: "...
LCI rocket barrage off the coast of Luzon Island, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. American LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) firing rockets during an amphibious invasion. Official caption on...
LCIs with barrage balloons advancing toward Normandy, France, 1944
Photograph. LCIs [Landing Craft Infantry] with barrage balloons advancing through the English Channel. Official caption...
LCM-73 grounded on Utah Beach, Normandy, 1944
Photograph. American sailor standing in front of the grounded LCM-73 on Utah Beach; below the US ensign [flag] is the...
LCVP and LCM approach Lingayen Beach on 4 January 1945
"LCVP (landing craft vehicle personnel) and LCM (landing craft mechanized) approach Lingayen each." 4 January 1945
LCVP being lowered into the water
Photograph. LCVP [Landing Craft Vehicle Personell] being lowered into the water. This is an early type LCVP, with the...
LCVP cruising toward Normandy, France, 1944
Photograph. American soldiers riding in a LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel] in the English Channel. Official...
LCVP cruising towards Bougainville Island, New Guinea, 1943
Photograph. American servicemen in a LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) cruising towards a beach. Official...
LCVP headed for invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
U.S. Marines going in an LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] from the USS Rutland headed for the invasion of Iwo...
LCVP transporting US servicemen, Normandy, 1944
Photograph. United States servicemen sitting inside of a LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] cruising in the...
LCVPs loaded with troops head for the beach during training on 3 March 1944 on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. LCVPs speed toward shore, presumably during amphibious training of elements of...
LSMs cruising towards Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph. Four American LSMs (Landing Ship, Medium) cruising towards the distant coastline. Official caption on front...
LST at Hollandia beach, New Guinea, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Deck of a LST [Landing Ship, Tank] with military vehicles, equipment, and supplies; the LST is...
LST brings supplies and reinforcements to Lingayen Gulf at Luzon in January 1945
"LST brings supplies and reinforcements to Lingayen Gulf, Luzon." January 1945
LST burning off the coast of Mindoro, Philippines, 1944
Photograph. American LST [Landing Ship, Tank] burning in open ocean. Official caption on front: "An LST burns off...
LST-168 beached and being unloading
Photograph. Servicemen in trucks preparing to unload from the main deck of LST-168. Another unidentified LST is in the...
LST-168 unloading at Red Beach, Dutch New Guinea
Photograph. LST-168 unloading at Red Beach. LST-168 was a USCG manned ship that was commissioned in May of 1943. A M4...
LST-168 unloading at Red Beach, Dutch New Guinea, 1944
Photograph. LST-168 unloading at Red Beach. LST-168 was a USCG manned ship that was commissioned in May of 1943. A LVT...
LST-168 unloading at Red Beach, Dutch New Guinea, 1944
Photograph.LST-168 unloading at Red Beach. LST-168 was a USCG manned ship that was comissioned in May 1943. A M4...

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