015702 Accession Number: 015702

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PARATROOPS LAND AT NADZAB. THREE SMILING AMERICAN PARATROOPERS, CARRYING FULL EQUIPMENT READY TO JOIN ONE OF THE NUMEROUS PLANES WHICH FLEW THEM AND OTHER AMERICAN PARATROOPERS AND AUSTRALIAN AIRBORNE ARTILLERYMEN, TO THE MARKHAM VALLEY, WHERE THEY TRAPPED THE JAPS IN LAE AND SALAMAUA. THE LANDING WAS COMPLETED IN A LITTLE OVER A MINUTE FROM THE TIME THE FIRST PARATROOP JUMPED UNTIL THE LAST MAN LANDED. (NEGATIVE BY H. DICK).

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Accession Number
015702
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Film copy negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
15 September 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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