Douglas_SBD-5_Dauntless_covering_landings_at_Tanahmerah_Bay_(Hollandia)_on_22_April_1944.jpg

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Description	English: A U.S. Navy Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless covering the landings at Tanahmerah Bay, Hollandia, Papua New Guinea. Landing craft are heading toward Red Beach 2. Despite unfavorable weather, the U.S. Navy Task Force 58 managed to maintain planes on air alert over the Hollandia area.
Date	22 April 1944
Source	U.S. Navy photo [1] in: Robert Ross Smith: United States Army in World War II - The War in the Pacific: The Approach to the Philippines , Center of Military History, United States Army, Washington, D.C. (USA), 1996. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 53-60474 (first printed 1953-CMH Pub 5-8). Chapter III: The Hollandia Operations , p. 54.
Author	U.S. Navy
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