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AT SEA, 1945-06-08. THE TWIN 40MM BOFORS OF THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, WHICH IS CARRYING TROOPS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION TO LABUAN FOR THEIR PART IN THE OBOE 6 OPERATION. BALABAC ISLAND IS IN THE BACKGROUND; HMAS MANOORA IS AHEAD.
AT SEA, 1945-06-08. ENSIGN LA BELLE, CAPTAIN AND MEMBER OF THE CREW OF THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) 640, WHICH CARRIED A SPECIAL DETAIL OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION TO LABUAN FOR THE OBO
AT SEA, 1945-06-08. MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION ATTENDING MESS PARADE WITH THEIR LIFE JACKETS ABOARD THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, WHILE EN ROUTE FOR LABUAN FOR THEIR PART
AT SEA, 1945-06-08. JOHN R. BODLE, US NAVY, CUTTING THE HAIR OF SERGEANT D. DUTHRIE, 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION ABOARD THE UNITES STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, WHILE EN ROUTE TO LABUAN FOR THEI
AT SEA, 1945-06-08. PRIVATE (PTE) L. COX (1), PTE R. GIBBON (2) AND PTE W. NOTTAGE (3) MEMBERS OF 2/43RD INFANTRY BATTALION, CHECKING THEIR WEAPONS ABOARD THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 6
LABUAN, NORTH BORNEO, 1945-06-10. A JEEP OF 24TH INFANTRY BRIGADE MOVING ASHORE FROM THE UNITED STATES LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST), 640, DURING THE OBOE 6 OPERATION LANDINGS ON THE ISLAND.
At sea, escorting destroyer escort USS Albert T Harris (DE-447), passing messages along a line to the United States Landing Ship Tank LST-640, which has troops of 2/43rd Australian Infantry Battalion
