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MOMI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. JAPANESE CARRYING MEMBERS OF VOGELKOP FORCE ASHORE FROM THEIR BARGES AS THE WATER WAS TOO SHALLOW FOR THE BARGES. ON THE FIRST VISIT BY THE FORCE AFTER THE SURRENDER THE DEFEATED JAPANESE HAD HOPED TO SEE THEIR VICTORS FORCED TO WADE ASHORE BUT WERE INSTEAD EMPLOYED AS CARRIERS. (DONOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL J. W. LONDON)
MOMI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. JAPANESE CARRYING MEMBERS OF VOGELKOP FORCE ASHORE FROM THEIR BARGES AS THE WATER WAS TOO SHALLOW FOR THE BARGES. ON THE FIRST VISIT BY THE FORCE AFTER THE SURRENDER
SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1945. JAPANESE BARGES OFF HMAS LACHLAN DURING THE CONFERENCE OF DEFEATED JAPANESE WITH ALLIES REGARDING TERMS OF SURRENDER. THESE BARGES ARE THE LARGER TYPE KNOWN TO THE JAPA
SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. JAPANESE TROOPS USING THEIR OWN BARGES AND SMALL CRAFT, DUMPING SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE VOGELKOP FORCE. BY ORDER OF T
MOMI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. DUMPING AREA FOR AMMUNITION. WHERE JAPANESE RECORDS OF MEN, STORES AND EQUIPMENT WERE PRESENTED TO VOGELKOP FORCE AFTER THE SURRENDER. LEFT TO RIGHT: FLIGHT LIEUTENA
MANOKWARI, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. COLONEL SUZUKI SALUTING AS HE COMES ABOARD HMAS LACHLAN. ON THE OCCASION OF THE VOGELKOP FORCE'S FIRST VISIT TO MANOKWARI. AS IN OTHER AREAS, THE JAPANESE COMMA
SORONG, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. C.1945-09. INTERIOR OF BUILDING USED AS A SMALL ARMS DUMP. ACTING ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE VOGELKOP FORCE, THE DEFEATED JAPANESE HAD COLLECTED ALL ARMS AND STACKED THEM BY TY
