New Zealand troops debarking US Navy landing craft, Green Islands, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. New Zealand troops debarking and unloading supplies from a United States Navy LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry). Official caption on front: "New Zealand troops land on Green Island from L. C. I.'s. US Navy Photo 123-18." Green Islands, New Ireland, New Guinea. 1944
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1944
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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.
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Green Islands
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Landing craft--American--New Guinea
Amphibious operations--New Guinea
Soldiers--New Zealand--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea