Amphibious invasions

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LST-181 unloading at Cape Sudest, New Guinea, 1944
Photograph. LST-181 unloading at Cape Sudest. Other LSTs are also unloading in the background. New Guinea. 12 March 1944
LST-202 beached and being unloaded
Photograph. Side of the beached LST-202 and being unloaded. Lifejackets and rafts are draped over the handrails of the...
LST-325 and LST-388 resting on a Normandy beach during low tide, France, June 1944
Photograph. TUSS LST-325 (foreground) and USS LST-388 resting on a beach during low tide; a United States Navy sailor...
LST-470 unloading at a Pacific Island
Photograph. Deck of LST-470 full of equipment waiting to be unloaded on the beach. In the foreground is an LCVP from...
LSTs anchored on the coastline of Tacloban, Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Twenty LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) anchored on the coastline near an airstrip. Official caption on...
LSTs anchoring along a coastline, Leyte, 1944
Photograph. American LSTs [Landing Ship, Tank] lined along a coastline, as viewed from the deck of an approaching LST....
Lt. Gen. George Patton at Gela, Sicily, 1943
Photograph. United States Army Lieutenant General George S. Patton [left] walking along the shoreline of a beach,...
Lt. General Mark Clark rides on a PT boat near the shore of Italy, 1944
Photograph. Lt. General Mark Clark rides on a PT boat that nears the shoreline. Official caption on front: "MM-5-44-100...
LVT-1 moving onto beach, New Britain, 1943
Photograph. United States Marines inside a LVT-1 (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Mark I) exiting a LST (Landing Ship, Tank)...
LVTs cruising toward Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Row of LVTs [Landing Vehicle, Tracked] carrying United States Marines cruising in open ocean; a coastal...
LVTs moving ashore during the invasion of Iwo Jima in February 1945
LVT-79 and LVT-78 [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tanks moving ashore during Invasion of Iwo Jima. Official...
LVTs moving toward Iwo Jima coastline in February 1945
LVTs [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tanks moving toward Iwo Jima coastline. Official caption:'"Amtracs head for...
LVTs with Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
LVTs [Landing Vehicle Tracked]/amphibious tanks full of Marines in Pacific Ocean moving toward Iwo Jima coastline...
M3 Gun Motor Carriage moving onto beach, New Britain, 1943
Photograph. M3 Gun Motor Carriage exiting a LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) onto a beach; Marines are gathered...
M4 Sherman tanks debarking from landing craft, Chalan Kanoa, 1944
Photograph. M4 Sherman tanks with deep wading vents debarking from LCMs [Landing Craft, Mechanized] onto a war-damaged...
M4 Sherman tanks driving on a beach, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Three M4 Sherman tanks with deep wading vents driving onto a beach from the ocean. Official caption on...
Many servicemen unload supplies from landing crafts, probably on a Pacific beach, 1943-1945
Servicemen unload supplies from an LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) and other landing craft from the USS...
Many soldiers and landing craft during invasion of Leyte in October 1944
American soldiers unloading supplies from Coast Guard landing ships at the Leyte landing. "2191-39." "U.S. Coast Guard...
Marine Corps tank exiting a Coast Guard ship in the South Pacific, 1944
Photograph. A manned Marine Corps tank exiting a Coast Guard ship in the South Pacific. Official caption on reverse: "...
Marine laden U. S. Navy landing craft pierce Japanese fire as they approach Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
540.Photograph 'File Number: 305663 Released: April 11, 1945 Sea arrows of invasion Feathery shaft-like wakes of Marine...
Marine returning to a Coast Guard ship, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Marine covered in dirt being assisted onto a Coast Guard ship. Caption on reverse: "3394. From: Public...
Marines and Coast Guardsmen holding a Japanese flag, Engebi Island, 1944
Photograph. A group of Marine and Coast Guard soldiers holding up a Japanese flagon Engebi Island. Caption on reverse...
Marines awaiting invasion orders, Bougainville Islands
Photograph. Marines in full gear waiting for orders to go ashore. Official caption on reverse: "3161. From: Public...
Marines awaiting invasion orders, Marshall Islands
Photograph. Marines in full gear waiting on a ship deck for orders to go ashore.. Official caption on reverse: "3514....
Marines carrying stretchers on to the beach, Cape Gloucester, 1944
Photograph. Marines wading through water as they carry stretchers on to a beach. Official caption on reverse: "3049....
Marines disembarking from a landing craft, Cape Gloucester, 1944
Photograph. Marines disembarking from a landing craft and wading ashore. Official caption on reverse: "3055. From:...
Marines in LCVP injured on Iwo Jima arriving at USS Rutland on 19 February 1945
View from the side of the USS Rutland looking down onto U.S. Marine casualties in an LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle,...
Marines resting aboard a Coast Guard transport ship. Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Three Marines covered in dirt and gunpowder sip coffee aboard a Coast Guard transport ship after a battle....
Marines unloading a landing craft on to a beach, Cape Gloucester, 1944
Photograph. Marines unloading supplies from a landing craft and pushing a jeep on to a beach. Official caption on...
Marines wading on to a beach, Cape Gloucester, 1944
Photograph. Marines holding their rifles aloft as they wade on to a beach. Official caption on reverse: "3048. From:...
Marines, covered with their ponchos, lie on the Iwo Jima beach they gave their lives to win in February 1945
555.Photograph 'CinCPac 8051 Released: March 4, 1945 The Power and the Price The power of the invasion armada (...
Members of a U.S. Navy beach battalion dive for protection as a German plane strafes the Normandy shore in June 1944
Members of a U.S. Navy beach battalion dive for protection on Normandy shore in June 1944. "File Number 252841. June 20...
Military truck driving out of LST-470
Photograph. Military truck driving out of LST-470. This photograph is looking from ground level directly back at the...
Military trucks waiting to unload from LST-170
Photograph. Two rows of trucks waiting to be unloded from LST-170. Life jackets are hanging on the hand rails around...
Military vehicles debarking from LST-173 onto a beach, Southern France, 1944
Photograph. Military vehicles debarking from USS LST-173 onto a beach via a floating bridge; soldiers are carrying...
Military vehicles on the deck of LST-170
Photograph. Deck of LST-170 fully loaded with military vehicles. Soldiers are sitting and lying on top of the trucks....

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