015707 Accession Number: 015707

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ALLIED PARATROOPERS INVADE THE MARKHAM VALLEY. ONE OF THE LONG LINE OF GIANT TRANSPORT PLANES WHICH CARRIED AMERICAN PARATROOPS AND AUSTRALIAN AIRBORNE ARTILLERYMEN TO THE MARKHAM VALLEY. THERE THEY TRAPPED THE REMNANTS OF THE FOUR JAP DIVISIONS AT LAE AND SALAMAUA.

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Accession Number
015707
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
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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