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MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. TYPE OF DENSE JUNGLE FORESHORE THAT JAPANESE LANDED THEIR BARGES ON IN THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT LANDING AT MILNE BAY. WRECKED BARGE IN FOREGROUND.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. ONE OF THE BARGES, USED BY THE JAPANESE IN THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO LAND AT MILNE BAY, GROUNDED ON THE FORESHORE AND WRECKAGE OF JAPANESE EQUIPMENT ON BEACH. NOTE WATER
MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1942-09. TWO BARGES, USED BY THE JAPANESE IN THEIR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO LAND AT MILNE BAY, RIDDLED BY GUN FIRE FROM KITTYHAWK FIGHTER PLANES OF AN AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. ONE OF THE JAPANESE INVASION BARGES USED IN THEIR ABORTIVE LANDING ATTEMPT AT MILNE BAY, NOW SALVAGED AND PUT INTO USE BY AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. ONE OF THE JAPANESE INVASION BARGES USED IN THEIR ABORTIVE LANDING ATTEMPT AT MILNE BAY, NOW SALVAGED AND PUT INTO USE BY AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS.
MILNE BAY, PAPUA. 1942-09. HOISTING THE UNION JACK ON A CAPTURED JAPANESE INVASION BARGE USED BY THEM IN THEIR ABORTIVE LANDING ATTEMPT AT MILNE BAY AND LATER SALVAGED AND PUT INTO USED BY AUSTRALIAN
MILNE BAY, PAPUA, 1942-09. RUGGED COUNTRY AT MILNE BAY WHERE JAPANESE FORCES LANDED FROM BARGES. IT CAN BE SEEN HOW THE MOUNTAINS RISE UP WITH THEIR THICK JUNGLE-CLAD SLOPES FROM THE SEA.
