Amphibious invasions

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Australian troops debarking from an American LSTs, Lae, 1943
Photograph. Australian troops debarking from two American LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank); USS LST-456 is in the background....
Australian Troops in U.S. landing craft at beach, Balikpapan, Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian Troops in U.S. landing craft at Balikpapan landing beach; Official Caption: [damaged] "...
Australian troops landing at Balikpapan, Borneo, 1945
Photograph. Troops of the Australian Seventh Infantry Division heading for tropical shore in landing craft; large cloud...
Australian troops moving inland on Tarakan Island, near Borneo, May 1945
Photograph. Australian troops moving inland after an assault operation. Notice the troop with slouch hat in the...
Australian troops wading toward LST at Labuan Island, near Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian troops wading toward LST (Landing Ship, Tank) 573. Note the LVT (Landing Vehicle, Tracked )...
Australian troops watching invasion flotilla near Brunei, Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian troops aboard a ship watching invasion flotilla. Note the naval 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun....
Australian troops watching invasion flotilla near Brunei, Borneo, June 1945
Photograph. Australian troops aboard a ship watching invasion flotilla. Note the naval 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun....
Avenger torpedo bomber flying over amphibious landing on Tacloban beach, Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Landing craft moving towards and away from a coastline; Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber is...
Barrage balloons floating above Allied ships moving toward Normandy on 6 June 1944
Barrage balloons floating above Allied ships moving toward Normandy on 6 June 1944. "File Number: 231247. Released:...
Beach after an invasion, PTO
Photograph. Japanese antiaircraft/coastal artillery guns pointing toward remnants of Pacific island invasion. Modified...
Beachead at Linguyen Gulf, Luzon in the Philippines on 4 January 1945
"Beachead at Linguyen Gulf, Luzon, P.I." 4 January 1945
Beached fully loaded LSTs
Photograph. Three beached LSTs fully loaded with servicemen and military vehicles. The background consists of a heavily...
British soldiers returning to a Coast Guard ship
Photograph. British soldiers returning to a Coast Guard ship via landing crafts after a day of maneuvers. Caption on...
British troops in a landing craft
Photograph. British troops riding in landing craft towards a beach during maneuvers in the South Pacific. Caption...
British troops on the deack of a Coast Guard assault transport ship
Photograph. British troops standing on the deck of a Coast Guard assault transport ship. Caption on reverse: "2040....
British troops on the deck of a transport ship
Photograph. British troops on the deck of a transport ship awaiting orders to board landing barges. Official caption on...
British troops practice maneuvers on a beach in the South Pacific
Photograph. British troops exiting a landing craft on a beach. Caption on reverse: "2018. From: Public Relations...
Bulldosers building an earth ramp
Photograph. Three bulldozers building an earth ramp LSTs. Location unknown. No date
Burning LCVP crusing toward Normandy, France, 1944
Photograph. Burning LCVP [landing craft, vehicle, personnel] cruising toward a coast. Official caption on reverse: "...
Burning US LVTs off the coast of Peleliu, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Burning American LVTs (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) near a Japanese airbase; landing craft are...
Captured Japanese soldiers in a landing craft, Kwajalein Atoll. 1944
Photograph. Captured Japanese soldiers in a landing craft surrounded by Coast Guardsmen. Caption on reverse: "3287....
Cargo ship surrounded by landing crafts at Tarakan Island, near Borneo, May 1945
Photograph. Cargo ship surrounded by landing crafts. Note the battleships firing toward the coast in the background and...
Casualties from Iwo Jima's beaches are hoisted aboard a Coast Guard-manned transport lying just off the landing area in February 1945
551.Photograph 'Coast Guard Photo 4114 Released: Mar. 7, 1945 The Cost Is High at Iwo Jima Casualties from Iwo Jima's...
Coast Guard heavy machinery landing on a beach, Sicily, 1943
Photograph. LCVPs [landing craft, vehicle, personal] from USS Samuel Chase and the USS Monrovia, an amphibious truck,...
Coast Guard landing US Army soldiers on Luzon beach, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. United States Army soldiers debarking from a Coast Guard-piloted landing craft onto a beach; landing craft...
Coast Guard unloading 37 mm guns, Angaur, 1944
Photograph. United States Coast Guardsmen landing a jeep and 37 mm anti-tank gun onto beach, as viewed from inside LCVP...
Coast Guard-manned LSTs unloading cargo, New Britain
Photograph. Six American LSTs [Landing Ship, Tank] unloading cargo onto a beach. Official caption on front: "Coast...
Coast Guardsman examining a dead Japanese soldier, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Coast Guardsman standing over the body of a dead Japanese soldier in a beach trench. Caption stamped in...
Coast Guardsman reading in a pile of sea bags, Makin Atoll, 1943
Photograph. A Coast Guardsman reading while nestled amongst sea bags during the invasion of Makin. Official caption on...
Coast Guardsman taking notes aboard a transport ship. Bougainville Island
Photograph. A tattooed Coast Guardsman taking notes about supply distribution aboard a Coast Guard transport ship....
Coast Guardsmen dragging a landing craft to shore in the South Pacific
Photograph. Five Coast Guardsmen pulling a rope to drag a landing craft to shore. Caption on reverse: "3037. From:...
Coast Guardsmen hoisting a wounded Marine on to a ship deck, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen hoisting a wounded Marine from a stretcher on to a ship deck. Caption stamped in blue ink...
Coast Guardsmen hoisting a wounded Marine on to a ship deck, Enewetak Atoll, 1944
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen reaching for a hoisted stretcher holding a wounded Marine. Caption stamped in blue ink at...
Coast Guardsmen lifting a wounded soldier on to a hospital ship, Marshall Islands
Photograph. Two Coast Guardsmen lifting a wounded soldier on a stretcher from a landing craft to a hospital ship....
Coast Guardsmen loading landing crafts with supplies
Photograph. Coast Guardsmen loading up landing crafts with supplies from a ship. Caption on reverse: "2019. From:...
Coast Guardsmen operating radio equipment in tent
Photograph. Two Coast Guardsmen operating radio equipment in a tent. Caption on reverse: "2023. From: Public Relations...

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