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OFF MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. THESE AUSTRALIANS OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO LAND ON MINDORO ISLAND. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN H. QUICK OF EXETER, SA, IS IN THE FRONT. RAAF ENGINEERS WERE UNLOADING THEIR LSTS (LANDING SHIPS, TANK) WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF HITTING THE MINDORO ISLAND BEACH-HEAD.
OFF MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. LSTS (LANDING SHIP, TANKS) WITH MEMBERS OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF ABOARD, SPEED TO THE BEACH-HEAD AS LCMS (LANDING CRAFT, MECHANISED) RE
MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. IN SPITE OF THE STRESS OF UNLOADING THE SHIPS ON THE BEACH-HEAD FOR THE ALLIED LANDING AND JAPANESE AIR RAIDS, RAAF COOKS WERE ABLE TO PUT ON A "CUP O' TEA" FO
MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. ON THE BEACH-HEAD AS THE BUSY LSTS (LANDING SHIPS, TANK), DISGORGE THEIR CARGO OF MEN AND EQUIPMENT.
MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. THE ATTACK OF NINE JAPANESE DIVE-BOMBERS FIVE MINUTES AFTER THE MINDORO ISLAND BEACH-HEAD WAS REACHED DID NOT ALTER THE TEMPO OF THE AUSTRALIANS OF NO. 3 AIRFI
MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF JUST UNLOADED FROM LANDING SHIPS AND WAITING TO BE CLEARED FROM THE BEACH-HEAD FOLLOWING THE
MINDORO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES. 1944-12-15. LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN A. W. HANDSON, BRUNSWICK, VIC, A MEMBER OF NO. 3 AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION SQUADRON RAAF TOOK TIME OFF TO HAVE A DRINK FROM HIS WATER BOTTLE DU
