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Photograph 110434 Second World War, 1939-1945BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. SECTION OF YELLOW BEACH AREA SEEN FROM THE EAST, SHOWING WRECKAGE TO FORESHORE CAUSED BY THE PRE- INVASION BOMBARDMENT DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.

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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-06. THREE JAPANESE POSITIONS ON SIGNAL HILL SEEN FROM VASEY HIGHWAY TO THE SOUTH WEST. DAMAGED BUILDINGS IN FOREGROUND CAUSED BY THE PRE-INVASION BOMBARDMENT PRIOR TO THE OBOE 2 OPERATION LANDING BY MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION.
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. SECTION OF YELLOW BEACH AREA SEEN FROM THE EAST, SHOWING WRECKAGE TO FORESHORE CAUSED BY THE PRE- INVASION BOMBARDMENT DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07. WRECKED FORESHORES AND DAMAGED BOAT CAUSED BY THE PRE- INVASION BOMBARDMENT BEFORE MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION LANDED ON THE MORNING OF 1945-07-01.

BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07. MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION LANDED AT YELLOW BEACH, BALIKPAPAN, ON 1945-07-01. SHOWN, WRECKED OIL WELLS CAUSED BY THE HEAVY PRE- INVASION BOMBARDMENT BEFORE THE LANDING.

BALIKPAPAN AREA, BORNEO, 1945-07-07. A JAPANESE CONCRETE PILLBOX COVERING THE VASEY HIGHWAY, CAPTURED BY MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION.

OFF BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1 JULY 1945. LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) CARRYING MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION TO BALIKPAPAN FOR THE OBOE 2 OPERATION LANDING NEARING ITS ANCHORAGE. NOTE CLOUDS OF SMOKE RISING IN BACKGR

OFF BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-06-30/29. THE 4 INCH GUNS LAYING DOWN A BARRAGE DURING THE BOMBARDMENT OF JAPANESE POSITIONS BY THE RAN CRUISER, HMAS SHROPSHIRE. BALIKPAPAN WAS HEAVILY BOMBARDED BEFORE T
