US Army soldiers landing near Hollandia, New Guinea, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Army soldiers debarking from the Coast Guard-manned USS LST-66 onto a beach. Official caption on front: "Coast Guard lands troops on beach near Hollandia, New Guinea. Coast Guard Photo 207-5." Hollandia, New Guinea [modern-day Jayapura, Indonesia]. April 1944
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1944-04-
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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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Jayapura
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-2.617
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140.650
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--New Guinea
Soldiers--American--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea