US LCIs giving close support to Army landing at Morotai Island, Maluku Islands, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States Navy LCIs [Landing Craft, Infantry] cruising near a coastline; a column of smoke is rising in the background. Official caption on front: "L. C. I. gunboats give close support to Army landing at Morotai 15 September, 1944. US Navy Photo 140-1." Morotai Island, Maluku Islands. 15 September 1944
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09/15/1944
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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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Morotai, Pulau
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Landing craft--American--Morotai