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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 BOOTS AND OTHER 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 RUBBISH STREWN AROUN
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.
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. THREE MEMBERS OF THE RAAF CLEARING UP RUBBISH FOLLOWING THE ALLIED LANDING ON NOEMFOOR ON 1944-07-02. AMONGST THE RUBBLE ARE HELMETS, A RIFLE, AMMUNITION
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-03. PARATROOPER OF THE 503RD PARATROOP REGIMENT, US ARMY, GLIDES TO EARTH BESIDE THE BATTERED KAMIRI AIRSTRIP.
