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NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. DEBRIS AND DESOLATION OF THE BATTLE FIELD AFTER FIGHTING HAD CEASED AND TROOPS HAD MOVED ON. NOTE THE BATTERED COCONUT TREES AND THE RUBBISH STREWN AROUND THE TRENCHES.
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. DEBRIS AND DESOLATION OF THE BATTLE FIELD AFTER FIGHTING HAD CEASED AND TROOPS HAD MOVED ON. NOTE THE BATTERED COCONUT TREES AND THE RUBBISH STREWN AROUN
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. DEBRIS AND DESOLATION OF THE BATTLE FIELD AFTER FIGHTING HAD CEASED AND TROOPS HAD MOVED ON. NOTE THE BATTERED COCONUT TREES AND THE BOOTS AND OTHER RUBB
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-08. CORPORAL F. BAZ OF GUNNEDAH, NSW, LOOKING AT COCONUT TREES BLASTED BY NAVAL GUNFIRE AT THE NORTH END OF KAMIRI AIRSTRIP.
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-03. AMERICAN PARATROOPS OF THE 503RD PARATROOP REGIMENT, US ARMY, GLIDE TO EARTH AMID BATTERED COCONUT PALMS ON KAMIRI AIRSTRIP IN THE SURPRISE ASSAULT IN WH
Dutch New Guinea. A US soldier surveys the coconut palm trees, a scene of desolation after the Allied attack on Biak Island. The landing was preceded by heavy naval bombardment.
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C. 1944-07. THE EFFECT OF INTENSIVE ALLIED BOMBARDMENT WHICH PRECEDED THE ALLIED LANDING ON 1944-07-02 IS SHOWN BY THE BLASTED COCONUT TREES IN THE VIEW OF THE KAMIR
