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TANAHMERAH BAY, HOLLANDIA, DUTCH NEW GUINEA. 1944-04-22. TWO HEAVILY LOADED US NAVY LANDING SHIPS, TANK (LST), LST-66 AND LST-67, DISEMBARK VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT ONTO THE SHORE. OTHER VEHICLES CAN BE SEEN MOVING INLAND THROUGH THE JUNGLE. LANDING VEHICLES TRACKED (BUFFALOES) COME ASHORE ON THE FLANKS OF THE LSTS. NOTE THE CABLES RUNNING FROM THE STERNS OF THE VESSELS TO KEDGING ANCHORS (NOT VISIBLE). AS THE CABLE IS TAKEN IN THE SHIPS WILL BE DRAGGED OFF THE BEACH. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA. 1944-07. FOURTEEN AMPHIBIOUS LANDING VEHICLES TRACKED (BUFFALOES) LINE A BEACH AS THEY AWAIT THE ORDER TO EMBARK INTO A LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) PRIOR TO THE LANDING AT CAPE SA
LEYTE, PHILIPPINES. 1944-10. AERIAL VIEW OF THE ATTENUATED CAUSEWAY CONSTRUCTED BY A US NAVY CONSTRUCTION BATTALION (SEABEES) TO ALLOW LARGER VESSELS TO UNLOAD WITHOUT HAVING TO FERRY STORES ASHORE. A
NORTH AFRICA. C.1943-07. MILITARY VEHICLES IN QUEUES WAIT THEIR TURN TO EMBARK IN FOURTEEN LANDING SHIPS, TANK (LSTS) AND FOUR LANDING CRAFT, TANK (LCTS), LINED UP ALONG A DOCK WALL. THOSE VESSELS WHI
This work depicts the unloading of LSTs (Landing ships, tank) at night in Balikpapan, Indonesia. LST is a military acronym for naval vessels that were created during the Second World War. LSTs were de
Papua, New Guinea. US marines on the beach at Cape Sudest embark for their big offensive against the Japanese at Cape Gloucester in New Britain. Trucks and Jeep motor vehicles are to be transported on
Morotai, Halmahera Islands, Netherlands East Indies. May 1945. Preparations for embarkation for the British North Borneo landing. Hundreds of vehicles and vessels have to be loaded and complete co-ord
