US servicemen debarking from USS LCI(L)-30 onto a beach, Sarmi, 1944

Gift in memory of Sgt. Lyle E. Eberspecher
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Photograph. United States servicemen debarking from USS LCI(L)-30 onto a beach; several servicemen are carrying rolled up litters. Official caption on front: "Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) hit the Sarmi, New Guinea beach. Coast Guard Photo 207-14." Porterville, California, development stamp on reverse. Sarmi, New Guinea [modern-day Sarmi, Indonesia]. 1944

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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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Sarmi
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-1.850
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138.750
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials: 
Soldiers--American--New Guinea
Landing craft--American--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea
Landing craft--American--New Guinea
Litters--New Guinea
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--New Guinea