Landing_on_Emirau_AWM305252.jpeg

Description

English: EMIRAU , ST MATTHIAS GROUP. Supplies and equipment being brought ashore from landing craft to support the US Marine landing force. The vehicles nearest the camera are Landing Vehicle Tracked (unarmoured) Mark I and those immediately behind are Landing Vehicle Tracked (unarmoured) Mark II. Other vehicles of both types are ferrying supplies ashore in the distance while a chain of men stretches from a landing craft to the shore to manhandle supplies to the beach.

Date

20 March 1944

Source

This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number:

305252

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Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. ( Original text: http://www.awm.gov.au/database/collection.asp ) Original uploader was Hawkeye7 at en.wikipedia (18 January 2009 (original upload date))

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This image is protected by Crown Copyright because it is owned by the Australian Government or that of the states or territories, and is in the public domain because it was created or published prior to 1974 and the copyright has therefore expired. The government of Australia has declared that the expiration of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide. This has been confirmed by correspondence received by the Volunteer Response Team ( Ticket:2017062010010417 ).

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2009-01-18 08:40 Hawkeye7 409×342× (108890 bytes) {{AWM-image|305252}} == Summary == {{Information |Description= Supplies and equipment being brought ashore from landing craft to support the US Marine landing force. The vehicles nearest the camera are Landing Vehicle Tracked (unarmoured) Mark I and tho

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20 March 1944