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BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-01. FROM A GUN EMPLACEMENT ON A HILL OVERLOOKING THE RUINS OF THE FORMER DUTCH BARRACKS, AN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER ARMED WITH AN OWEN SUB MACHINE WATCHES JAPANESE POSITIONS. IN THE BACKGROUND MANY OF THE LANDING CRAFT INVOLVED IN THE LANDING LIE OFF-SHORE. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL, WITH MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION ABOARD, APPROACHING THE SHORE FOR A LANDING DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. SMOKE FROM BURNING OILFIELDS SHOWN
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL, WITH MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION ABOARD, APPROACHING THE SHORE FOR A LANDING DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. SMOKE FROM BURNING OILFIELDS SHOWN
SANSAPOR, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-07-30. TWO OF THE NINETEEN US NAVY LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY INVOLVED IN THE LANDING OPERATION DISCHARGING TROOPS DURING THE LANDING BY ALLIED FORCES. THE NEAREST VESSEL
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. C. 1945-07. MEN OF AN AUSTRALIAN MALARIAL CONTROL UNIT SPRAYING A FORMER JAPANESE BARRACKS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
Last dash to shore, aboard American manned Alligators, during the landing of Australian troops at Balikpapan, Borneo. Smoke from the ruins of enemy positions and burning oil wells is visible in the ba
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-01. RAAF PERSONNEL DISEMBARKING FROM A LANDING CRAFT, TANK. A SIMILAR VESSEL HEAVILY LADEN WITH STORES IS IN THE LEFT BACKGROUND. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
