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TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-23. AT THE JEEP HEAD ON SNAGS TRACK AT THE FOOT OF THE ELBOW, NATIVES CARRYING THREE INCH MORTAR AMMUNITION START THE STIFF CLIMB TO THE CREST TO SUPPLY TROOPS OF 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION. THEY USUALLY MAKE TWO TRIPS DAILY; AMMUNITION IN THE MORNING AND FOOD AND WATER IN THE AFTERNOON.
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-26. NATIVE CARRIERS AND TROOPS OF 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION CARRYING SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND WATER AND A BAG OF MAIL FROM THE JEEP HEAD ON SNAGS TRACK, ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-26. NATIVE CARRIERS AND TROOPS OF 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION CARRYING SUPPLIES OF FOOD AND WATER AND A BAG OF MAIL FROM THE JEEP HEAD ON SNAGS TRACK, ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF THE
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-23. NATIVES CARRYING FOOD AND WATER PASSING THROUGH C COMPANY LINES NEAR THE CREST OF THE ELBOW. THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY TO THE FORWARD POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY B COMPANY, 2/23RD IN
SNAGS TRACK, TARAKAN. 1945-05-20. 2/13 FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS, TROOPS MAKING SNAGS TRACK USABLE FOR VEHICLES AND TANKS BY FILLING IN POT HOLES AT THE FOOT OF THE ELBOW.
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-22. A SECTION OF THE SNAGS TRACK BETWEEN THE ELBOW AND THE POSITIONS HELD BY B COMPANY, 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION, WHICH WAS BLOWN UP BY RETREATING JAPANESE FORCES.
TARAKAN ISLAND, 1945-05-26. SOME OF THE TEMPORARY SHELTERS ERECTED BY TROOPS OF 18 PLATOON, D COMPANY, 2/23RD INFANTRY BATTALION. THE MEN ARE HOLDING A SPUR NEAR SNAGS TRACK AND ELBOW FEATURE.
