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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 8 JULY 1945. GUNNER J O'LEARY, 3 NAVAL BOMBARDMENT GROUP, MANNING AN OBSERVATION POST ON THE BANKS OF THE MANGGAR RIVER DURING THE BOMBARDMENT OF JAPANESE POSITIONS AROUND THE AIRSTRIP.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 8 JULY 1945. GUNNER F N HANCOCK (1) AND CAPTAIN J L MCELROY (2) MEMBERS OF 1 NAVAL BOMBARDMENT GROUP MANNING A UNIT OBSERVATION POST ON THE BANKS OF THE MANGGAR RIVER DURING THE BO
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 8 JULY 1945. THE TALL WOODEN TOWER WHICH WAS USED BY CAPTAIN G M THORP, 1 NAVAL BOMBARDMENT GROUP, TO DIRECT NAVAL GUN FIRE ON THE JAPANESE POSITIONS AROUND THE MANGGAR AIRSTRIP. H
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 8 JULY 1945. GUNNER EDGE, 2/5 FIELD REGIMENT, PHONING BACK TO THE UNIT HEADQUARTERS FROM HIS OBSERVATION POST ON THE SOUTHERN END OF THE MANGGAR RIVER BRIDGE.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 8 JULY 1945. BOMBARDIER B E KIRTON (1) AND CAPTAIN R B PEACOCK (2) OF 1 NAVAL BOMBARDMENT GROUP, OBSERVING THE RESULT OF NAVAL GUN FIRE WHICH THEY ARE DIRECTING FROM A POSITION ON
MANGGAR, BORNEO, 5 JULY 1945. VIEW OF THE CONTROL TOWER ON MANGGAR AIRSTRIP WHERE LIEUTENANT G N THORPE OF NAVAL BOMBARDMENT GROUP STAYED FOR TWO DAYS OBSERVING NAVAL GUN FIRE IN SUPPORT OF THE ATTACK
MANGGAR, BORNEO, 1945-07-05. VIEW OF THE CONTROL TOWER ON MANGGAR AIRSTRIP WHERE LT G.N. THORPE OF NAVAL BOMBARDMENT GROUP, STAYED FOR TWO DAYS OBSERVING NAVAL GUN FIRE IN SUPPORT OF THE ATTACK ON JAP
