US servicemen and supplies gathering on Wadke, New Guinea, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States servicemen standing next to piles of supplies on a beach; USS LST-465 and other landing crafts are in the background. Official caption on front: "Assault forces and supplies, Wadke Island. US Navy Photo 127-6." Wadke, New Guinea. May 1944
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1944-05-
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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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New Guinea
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-5.000
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140.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Landing craft--American--New Guinea
Equipment & supplies--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea
Equipment & supplies--New Guinea
Beaches--New Guinea
Campaigns & battles--New Guinea