US Coast Guard transporting Australian servicemen, Balikpapan, 1945
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
Description:
Photograph. United States Coast Guard-manned LCVP [Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel] transporting Australian servicemen to a war-damaged beach; a bulldozer and other military vehicles are on the beach; a large column of black smoke is rising in the background. Official caption on front: "Coast Guard lands Australians at Balikpapan, Borneo. Coast Guard Photo 207-12." Balikpapan, Borneo. July 1945
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1945-07-
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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:
Balikpapan
Latitude:
-1.250
Longitude:
116.833
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--Australian--Borneo
Landing craft--American--Borneo
World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Borneo
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Borneo
Military uniforms--Australian--Borneo
Beaches--Borneo
Bulldozers--Borneo
Smoke--Borneo
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea