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PAPUA. BODIES OF FOUR DEAD JAPANESE, KILLED IN THE BUNA ACTION, LYING BESIDE A LARGE PILLBOX. THESE WERE DEFENDED BY THE JAPANESE TO THE LAST MAN, AND WITHOUT THE AUSTRALIAN-MANNED STUART TANKS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO HAVE DESTROYED THEM QUICKLY. EACH PILLBOX WAS PLACED SO AS TO GIVE SUPPORTING FIRE TO OTHERS IN THE VICINITY. SOME HAD STEEL AND CONCRETE TOPS. MANY PILLBOXES OF THIS TYPE WERE CRUSHED IN BY THE TANKS AND THE JAP MACHINE GUNNERS INSIDE WERE QUICKLY DEALT WITH BY THE INFANTRY FOLLOWING THE ARMOURED VEHICLES.
Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in the final assault on Buna. NX105541 Private S. Sloss, 2/12th Battalion, leans against a coconut palm 40 yards away from a Jap
Australian-manned General Stuart M3 Light Tanks bust Japanese pillboxes in a final assault on Buna. Men of D Company, 2/12th Battalion, advance as tanks blast a pillbox. Shell burst on pillbox can be
LIEUT. GENERAL R.L. EICHELBERGER AND GENERAL SIR THOMAS BLAMEY INSPECT A JAP PILLBOX NEAR BUNA. IT'S RESISTANCE PARTIALLY OVERCOME BY TANKS, THE PILLBOX WAS SILENCED BY ALLIED TROOPS WHO PULLED AWAY T
PAPUA. GIROPA POINT. AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. CORPORAL R. F. RODGERS, D COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, WARNS THE TANK CREW ABOUT AN
AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS BUST JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. MEN OF D COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, SHOOT JAPANESE FLEEING FROM A TANK BLASTED PILLBOX. SMOKE AT LEFT IS
Australian manned M3 Stuart light tanks in action leading to the final assault on Buna, Papua, during which they crashed through a Japanese chain of heavily fortified pillboxes.
