The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
OKINAWA, 1945. WITH A STEEL HELMET FOR A PILLOW AND THE CORAL GROUND FOR A BED, A SIXTH DIVISION MARINE AND 'FRIEND' TAKE A WELL-EARNED REST IN FRONT OF A 105MM HOWITZER ON OKINAWA. THE TIRED ARTILLERYMAN IS PRIVATE JOHN W. EMMONS. THE DOG IS A UNIT MASCOT. US OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION PICTURE 498143. (DONOR: K. ATKINSON).
OKINAWA, 1945. THIS CAVE TAKEN FROM THE JAPS AFFORDS RELATIVE SECURITY, PEACE AND QUIET TO SURGEONS WHO PERFORM MANY DELICATE OPERATIONS ON BATTLE CASUALTIES WHILE THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA RAGES AROUND
OKINAWA, 1945. THIS AMERICAN RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE TERRAIN OVER WHICH FORCES OF THE US TENTH ARMY HAD TO FIGHT INCH BY INCH AS THEY OUTFLANKED THE JAPANESE FORTRESS CITY OF SHURI IN SOUT
OKINAWA, 1945. JUNIOR OKINAWANS DID THEIR BIT AS VILLAGERS OF HESHIKI WERE EVACUATED TO AN AMERICAN MILITARY GOVERNMENT CAMP AS PART OF THE REHABILITATION PROGRAM ON THIS NEWLY WON ISLAND IN RYUKYU CH
The 105mm M2A2 howitzer damaged by the attacks on Fire Support Base (FSB) Coral by troops of the North Vietnamese Army's (NVA) 7th Division. FSB Coral was temporarily overrun by the NVA and the 105mm
THIS JAPAN-BOUND B-29, SUPERFORTRESS AIRCRAFT, VIEWED THROUGH THE BLISTER OF A SISTER PLANE, IS RIDING THE SKYWAYS TO STRIKE AGAIN AT THE JAPANESE MAINLAND. THE MIGHTY PLANE IS A PART OF THE MANY ARMA
A view of a sergeant's sleeping quarters (possibly female) in a headquarters unit of the International Force for East Timor (Interfet). The stretcher bed has a sleeping bag and pillow and a small beds
