The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lingayen Gulf, Philippines. 1945-01-09. US Army troops wade ashore through the surf behind others who are moving across the beach during the Luzon campaign. In the foreground other men wait in the US Coastguard manned landing barges still on the water. During the invasion one barge became snagged on a sand bar and assault troops, struggling shoreward through deep water, encounterd difficulty with the treacherous currents. Some were drowned, while others died from Japanese fire from the shore. (Navy Historical Collection) (Formerly Y013/17/15)
Because of a reef preventing the Allied landing craft pulling closer to the beach, the attacking troops had to wade through relatively deep water. Fortunately this landing was unopposed by the Japanes
PORT DOUGLAS, QLD. 1944-03-17. TROOPS OF THE 17TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, 6TH DIVISION WADING ASHORE THROUGH SHALLOW WATER WHEN THEIR LANDING BARGE WAS CAUGHT ON A SANDBAR, DURING THE "DOUGLAS EXERCISE".
PORT DOUGLAS, QLD. 1944-03-17. TROOPS OF THE 17TH INFANTRY BRIGADE, 6TH DIVISION, WADING ASHORE THROUGH SHALLOW WATER WHEN THEIR LANDING BARGE WAS CAUGHT ON A SANDBAR DURING THE "DOUGLAS EXERCISE".
Members of D Company, 6RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion (comprising the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component of the 1st Battalion, the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), wade throug
Members of D Company, 6RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion (comprising the 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment and a component of the 1st Battalion, the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment), wade throug
'Hundstage: Coming ashore, running away, hiding, moving forward' is a large-scale multi-panel work comprising 12 Time Life book covers that have been assembled in grid formation with military precisio
