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LAE SALAMAUA. ISOLATED. ONE OF THE BEACHES NORTH WEST OF LAE WHERE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS HAD MADE THEIR HAPPIEST LANDING OF THE NEW GUINEA WAR. HARD UP AGAINST THE BEACH IS A LANDING CRAFT FROM WHICH SOLDIERS, TRUCKS, JEEPS, ARTILLERY AND STORES WERE LANDED QUICKLY. IN THE FOREGROUND PIONEERS ARE PLACING FIRM MATERIAL ON THE SOFT SAND TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE OF VEHICLES IN FRONT OF THE LANDING CRAFT.
LAE SALAMAUA ISOLATED. HEAVILY LADEN TRUCKS, JEEPS AND, IN FOREGROUND, AN ARTILLERY TRACTOR AND GUN MOVE FORWARD IN THE WAKE OF THE AUSTRALIANS WHO HAD MOVED INLAND AFTER HAVING LANDED NORTH WEST OF L
LAE SALAMAUA ISOLATED. ON THIS BEACH, NORTH WEST OF LAE, 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE AUSTRALIANS LANDED THERE WAS NOT A MARK. THE AUSTRALIANS STREAMING INLAND FROM THE LANDING CRAFT QUICKLY LEFT THEIR MARK,
LAE SALAMAUA ISOLATED. PIONEERS WORKING KNEE-DEEP IN MUD AND SLIME CONSTRUCT A ROAD FOR MOTOR TRANSPORT 70 MINUTES AFTER THE AUSTRALIANS HAD LANDED NORTH WEST OF LAE. TO GET A FOUNDATION THE PIONEERS
LAE SALAMAUA ISOLATED. THROBBING ACTIVITY ON A BEACH NORTH WEST OF LAE WHERE AN HOUR EARLIER THERE WAS NO SIGN OF WAR. MEN, JEEPS AND TRUCKS ARE MOVING FORWARD IN THE TRAIL OF THE AUSTRALIANS WHO WERE
LAE SALAMAUA ISOLATED. THROUGH A V FOR VICTORY MADE BY A DOOR IN THE BOW OF A BEACH LANDING CRAFT AND THE HULL, AUSTRALIANS STREAM ON TO THE BEACH AFTER THE LANDING NORTH WEST OF LAE.
TSIMBA AREA, BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1945-02-16. TROOPS OF THE 4TH FIELD REGIMENT, LAYING WIRE MESH ON THE BEACH IN PREPARATION FOR THE LANDING OF THEIR JEEPS AND TRUCKS ON THE SOFT SAND AT PUTO.
