The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. US troops moving inland pass shell craters and burning fuel dump, a few minutes after their beach landing. Bombs burst in the distance.
Dutch New Guinea. A burning Japanese dump on the beach at Biak Island after heavy shelling by our naval craft. The scene was one of desolation when the Allies landed on this former Japanese stronghold
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. An amphibious US tracked vehicle at Biak after the allied landing.
Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. A burning Japanese bomber shot down within 20 yards of troops landing on Biak. The pilot was attempting a suicide dive on Landing Ship, Tanks in the background.
NOEMFOOR ISLAND, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-02. RAAF OFFICERS AND AIRMEN WALKING INLAND TOWARDS THE KAMIRI AIRSTRIP AFTER LANDING WITH US FORCES.
New Guinea. US troops push inland after landing on Noemfoor Island. Bomb crater in foreground.
Dutch New Guinea. American troops pass along a shell shattered beach at Toem during operations which resulted in the fall of Japanese held Wakde Island.
