US servicemen debarking from LCI-961 onto Sansapor beach, New Guinea, 1944
Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States soldiers debarking from USS LCI(G)-961 onto a beach. Official caption on front: "LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) unloads troops on Sansapor beach. US Navy Photo 127-9." Porterville, California, development stamp on reverse. Sausapor, New Guinea. No date
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1944-07-
1944-08-
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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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Doberai, Jazirah
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Landing craft--American--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea
Landing craft--American--New Guinea
Beaches--New Guinea
Campaigns & battles--New Guinea