The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 SOUTHERN OKINAWA, MAIN RYUKYU (LOOCHOO) ISLAND 375 MILES (600 KM) FROM JAPAN. THE GROUND IS POCKED BY SHELL CRATERS AND TORN BY THE GRINDING TRACKS OF TANKS. CAVES, SHATTERED BY EXPLOSIONS, ARE VISIBLE AND, MARKING THE LANDSCAPE, ARE OKINAWAN HOMESTEADS WITH WINDBREAKS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST TYPHOONS. WATER IN THE DEEP SHELL HOLES TESTIFIES TO THE HEAVY RAINS WHICH IMPEDED THE ADVANCE OF THE US TENTH ARMY AFTER ITS LANDING ON OKINAWA ON 1945-03-31. US OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION PICTURE 42365-FA. (DONOR: K. ATKINSON).
Panoramic view of the battlefield east of Ypres, from Gheluvelt to Bassevillebeek. The soil in the forground appears to be torn up by shell holes. Beyond the line of shattered trees are the ruins of
Panoramic view of the battlefield east of Ypres from Dadizeele (Dadizele) to Wervicq (Wervik), taken from a gun position known as Clapham Junction. The soil int e foreground appears to be torn by she
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945. A MEMBER OF AN UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM, ENSIGN FRANK JAMESON OF PITTSBURG, KANSAS, BEING BORNE IN A STRETCHER BELOW DECKS ON A US NAVY DESTROYER TRANSPORT (APD) FOR MEDICA
A small group of Australians conferring on a shell pocked hill top near to the Hook positions held by the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR). The completely denuded hill tops at the c
On 18 October 1967 the RAN guided missile destroyer HMAS Perth (II) D38, and USS Newport News were fired on by North Vietnamese shore batteries, and HMAS Perth was hit by one round. The shell glanced
A view of Anzac Cove soon after the landing. A 6 inch 30 cwt howitzer and a collection of broken rifles are in the foreground; to the right are the flags marking the Casualty Clearing Station. In the
