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PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM A LANDING CRAFT AS IT APPROACHES THE SHORE DURING THE ALLIED INVASION OF BALIKPAPAN IN 1945-07.
BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL, WITH MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION ABOARD, APPROACHING THE SHORE FOR A LANDING DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. SMOKE FROM BURNING OILFIELDS SHOWN
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07-01. LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL, WITH MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION ABOARD, APPROACHING THE SHORE FOR A LANDING DURING THE OBOE 2 OPERATION. SMOKE FROM BURNING OILFIELDS SHOWN
A truck drives off a Landing Craft onto the shore at (Vung Tau?). Radio operators on shore. Landing craft P 214/3 approaches the shore and unloads another truck. Australian civilians standing on shore
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, 1945-07. SECTION OF COASTLINE AFTER THE INVASION OF BALIKPAPAN, SHOWING RUINED PALM TREES AND HOUSES. THE DAMAGE IS THE RESULT OF NAVAL BOMBARDMENT BEFORE THE ALLIED LANDING IN 194
SICILY, ITALY. C. 1943-07. AN ITALIAN DUMP BURNING ON SHORE AFTER THE SUCCESSFULL LANDING IN THE OPENING STAGES OF THE ALLIED INVASION. (BRITISH ADMIRALTY PHOTOGRAPH, BNA4137).
BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO. 1945-07-01. SMOKE POURING FROM BURNING OIL WELLS WHICH WERE SET ON FIRE IN THE PRELIMINARY NAVAL BOMBARDMENT. THE LANDING SHIP, TANK (LST) UNITED STATES NAVY STOOD OUT FROM THE SHO
