Assault waves heading towards Noemfoor, New Guinea, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States servicemen sitting in a landing craft cruising in open ocean; several landing craft are cruising in the middleground and background. Official caption on front: "Assault waves head for the beaches of Noemfoor Island. Coast Guard Photo 207-17." Noemfoor, New Guinea [modern-day Numfor, Schouten Islands, Indonesia]. 1944
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1944-07-
1944-08-
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This collection consists of approximately 1700 official military photographs that were reproduced by the Official Photos Company of Hollywood. Referred to as The War's Greatest Photographs, many of these photographs have been featured in magazines and books and many of the originals can be found in the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The images feature every theater and branch of the military in various campaigns and battles throughout World War II.
Geography:
Numfoor, Pulau
Latitude:
-1.050
Longitude:
134.900
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--New Guinea
Landing craft--American--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea
Smoke--New Guinea
Soldiers--American--New Guinea