015697 Accession Number: 015697

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PARATROOPS LAND AT NADZAB. U.S. PARATROOPS PACKING THEIR EQUIPMENT LAST SUNDAY BEFORE BOARDING ONE OF THE NUMEROUS TRANSPORT PLANES WHICH LED BY GENERAL MACARTHUR IN A FLYING FORTRESS, TOOK THEM TO THE MARKHAM VALLEY. IN GREAT NUMBERS THE AMERICANS TOGETHER WITH AUSTRALIAN AIRBORNE ARTILLERY LANDED IN THE VALLEY, TRAPPED PROBABLY 20,000 OF THE ENEMY.

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Accession Number
015697
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
15 September 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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