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Arawe, New Britain. Australian sailors who helped to transport United States troops in their ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
Arawe, New Britain. Australian sailors who helped to transport United States troops in their assault on Arawe. Left to right: Able Seaman Mick Sparkes of Croydon, SA; Martin Fischer of Texarakana, of ...016318
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Arawe, New Britain. Landing craft arriving on the beach. By 18 December 1943 the Arawe Peninsula ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
Arawe, New Britain. Landing craft arriving on the beach. By 18 December 1943 the Arawe Peninsula to Cape Merkus was in Allied hands.016333
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Australian carrier pigeon: Blue Chequer Hen, No. 624:D/D:42:V
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Maker: Unknown
Mounted skin of a blue chequer hen carrier pigeon. The bird bears an aluminium leg ring stamped '624 D[broad arrow symbol]D 42 V'.RELAWM30787
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1943-12. HAROLD GEORGE DICK, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER, WEARING A UNITED ...
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1943-12. HAROLD GEORGE DICK, DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER, WEARING A UNITED STATES ISSUE "TIN" HELMET AND BELT, AND HOLDING A SPEED GRAPHIC CAMERA, JUST PRIOR TO THE LANDING AT ARAW...P00906.001
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New Britain. A group of American forces return to their advance base at Arawe after completing a ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. A group of American forces return to their advance base at Arawe after completing a patrol of the area captured recently from the Japanese. Despite their experiences the men are cheerful....016317
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New Britain. A Jeep is being loaded aboard a landing craft preparatory to setting out on the ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. A Jeep is being loaded aboard a landing craft preparatory to setting out on the invasion. The immense preparation necessary for the Allied landing at Arawe emphasised the large amount of ...016347
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New Britain. A jeep ploughs its way through rough country climbing up a steep incline among the ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. A jeep ploughs its way through rough country climbing up a steep incline among the palm trees that fringe the Arawe Peninsula. The invading American forces soon overcame opposition from t...016336
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New Britain. Alligator amphibious craft were used extensively in the assault on Arawe. The ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Alligator amphibious craft were used extensively in the assault on Arawe. The 'Alligator' is an amphibious weapons-personnel carrier, with caterpillar tracks and scoops, enabling it to ne...016331
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New Britain. A long line of landing barges approach the shores near Arawe while larger naval ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. A long line of landing barges approach the shores near Arawe while larger naval craft stand out to sea to shell enemy positions. The invasion was accomplished at small cost.016340
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NEW BRITAIN. ARAWE BEACH HAD A FRINGING REEF 50-100 YARDS WIDE THAT WAS STUDDED WITH CORAL ...
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NEW BRITAIN. ARAWE BEACH HAD A FRINGING REEF 50-100 YARDS WIDE THAT WAS STUDDED WITH CORAL NIGGERHEADS (SEEN IN FOREGROUND). SMALL LANDING CRAFT VEHICLES ARE GROUNDED 30-50 YARDS OFFSHORE AT HIGH WATE...134067
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New Britain. As Allied landing craft approach the southern coast near Arawe at dawn, American ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. As Allied landing craft approach the southern coast near Arawe at dawn, American troops scan the shores in an endeavour to locate enemy strongpoints. Our air assaults against enemy positi...016334
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New Britain. A tractor advances through the coconut grove at Arawe towards Japanese positions ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. A tractor advances through the coconut grove at Arawe towards Japanese positions further inland. Bombing and strafing attacks by Allied aircraft had caused havoc throughout the sector, an...016335
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New Britain. Captain Edward Wright of Dallas, Texas, displays his tin hat which was punctured by ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Captain Edward Wright of Dallas, Texas, displays his tin hat which was punctured by rifle fire from the Japanese defenders at Arawe. The two holes are plainly visible.016325
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New Britain. December 1943. US soldiers aboard landing craft prepare for disembarkation as they ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. December 1943. US soldiers aboard landing craft prepare for disembarkation as they approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops forced a landing at dawn in one of th...016329
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New Britain. Gunners stand to their posts as the American landing barges approach the coral ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Gunners stand to their posts as the American landing barges approach the coral shores near Arawe in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this area.016339
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New Britain. Gunners stand to their posts as the American landing barges approach the coral ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Gunners stand to their posts as the American landing barges approach the coral shores near Arawe in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this area.016338
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New Britain. Immediately after landing at Arawe American engineers and signal corps technicians ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Immediately after landing at Arawe American engineers and signal corps technicians set to work to establish communications, and land lines were laid. The patrols were in constant touch wi...016341
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New Britain. Landing craft approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Landing craft approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops forced a landing at drawn in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this area. Compl...016342
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New Britain. Landing craft approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Landing craft approach the inhospitable shores near Arawe, where American troops forced a landing at dawn in one of the most daring amphibious assaults yet undertaken in this area. Comple...016337
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New Britain. Landing craft take the American assault troops to the inhospitable shores at Arawe. ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Landing craft take the American assault troops to the inhospitable shores at Arawe. Although comparatively few casualties were incurred in landing despite enemy opposition, some equipment...016322
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New Britain. Perfect co-operation between air, sea and land forces was a feature of the landing ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Perfect co-operation between air, sea and land forces was a feature of the landing at Arawe which was perfectly planned and admirably executed. The Allied air arm pounded Japanese positio...016315
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New Britain. Perfect co-operation between air, sea and land forces was a feature of the landing ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Perfect co-operation between air, sea and land forces was a feature of the landing at Arawe which was perfectly planned and admirably executed. The Allied air arm pounded Japanese positio...016316
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New Britain. Private First Class (Pfc) Eugene J. Rensi, US Army, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. Private First Class (Pfc) Eugene J. Rensi, US Army, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, clothed only in a jacket speaks to Task Force Commander Brigadier Julian Cunningham, after the landing a...016324
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New Britain. The American assault troops set to work to dig slit trenches as a protection against ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. The American assault troops set to work to dig slit trenches as a protection against possible aerial bombing or strafing, as soon as they landed at Arawe. Japanese dive-bomber aircraft an...016327
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New Britain. The tree trunk stretched across the huge bomb crater made by Allied planes makes a ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. The tree trunk stretched across the huge bomb crater made by Allied planes makes a good pathway for Private First Class (Pfc) James A. humaker, US Army, of Schuyler, Virginia. The intensi...016328
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New Britain. US troops disembark from landing barges in the early hours of the morning, in one of ...
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Maker: Dick, Harold George
New Britain. US troops disembark from landing barges in the early hours of the morning, in one of the most daring assaults yet undertaken in the Pacific, on the southern coast near Arawe. Japanese def...016332