
Caption | LVTs headed for the invasion beaches at Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, as cruisers Boise and Phoenix bombard in the background, 22 Apr 1944 ww2dbase | |||||||||||
Photographer | Henry C. Manger | |||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | |||||||||||
Identification Code | SC 264436 | |||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 22 Apr 1944 | |||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
Added Date | 12 Apr 2007 | |||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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Note that you can see the 3 outgoing shells from one of the cruisers' 6" batteries.