The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Dutch New Guinea. The packed deck of a landing ship, tank (LST), shows the amount of equipment taken along. The craft was on its way to a landing at Toem, a stage in the Wakde operations.
Dutch New Guinea. With landing operations well under way, bulldozers were called into action to build a runway out to the landing ship, tank (LST), and it was reinforced by sandbags. This landing at T
Dutch New Guinea. Carbines get a final clean as the landing craft ploughs her way towards the Japanese positions at Toem, a stage in the Wakde operations. Perched on top of a covered truck on landing
Dutch New Guinea. Dashing through heavy seas for the shore from the landing ship, tank (LST) vessel, these Allied troops are ready to quickly consolidate the landing at Toem, a stage in the Wakde oper
Dutch New Guinea. Getting their gun into shape for instant action once the landing is accomplished is this anti-aircraft crew. The landing craft was on its way to the landings at Toem, a stage in the
Dutch New Guinea. Americans carry equipment on to the beach at Toem shortly after landing during Wakde Island operations. In the foreground troops are filling sandbags to make a reinforced runway out
Dutch New Guinea. Bulldozers make a reinforced runway for heavy equipment to come ashore from a landing ship, tank (LST) after American troops had seized Toem, during operations which resulted in the
