Photos Taken in Java | World War II Database


Archibald Wavell and Hein ter Poorten at Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia), 22 Jan 1942	Wounded sailors being taken off of USS Marblehead, Tjilatjap, Java, Dutch East Indies, 4 Feb 1942; seen in Jul 1963 issue of US Navy publication All Hands	USS Houston at Tjilajap, Java, Dutch East Indies, 6 Feb 1942, seen from USS Marblehead	USS Marblehead at Tjilatjap, Java, Dutch East Indies, Feb 1942; note bomb damage

Men of the Japanese 2nd Division celebrating successful landing, Merak, Java, 1 Mar 1942	Japanese bicycle infantry, Java, Dutch East Indies, Mar 1942	Hein ter Poorten surrendering to the Japanese, Kalidjati, Java, Dutch East Indies, 8 Mar 1942	Lieutenant General Hitoshi Imamura, Lieutenant General Hein ter Poorten, and other officers shortly after ter Poorten surrendered to the Japanese, Kalidjati, Java, Dutch East Indies, 8 Mar 1942

D3A dive bomber in flight over Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, summer 1942	Captured B-17E, CW-22, and CW-21 aircraft with Japanese markings, Java, Dutch East Indies, 1943	Surabaya under attack, Java, Dutch East Indies, 17 May 1944, photo 1 of 2	Surabaya under attack, Java, Dutch East Indies, 17 May 1944, photo 2 of 2

Surabaya under attack, Java, Dutch East Indies, 17 May 1944, photo 3 of 3	Kawanishi H6K ‘Mavis’ flying boat in surrender paint scheme abandoned at Surabaya, Java, 1945.	Two Light Tank Mk VI vehicles previously in Japanese service, Bandung, Indonesia, 1946	Christmas celebration in Soekaboemi (Sukabumi), Java, Dutch East Indies, 5 Dec 1947; note Diamond T truck

Canadian Ford CMP truck in post-war service as an ambulance in Java, circa 1948.	Canadian Ford CMP truck in post-war service as an ambulance in Poerworedjo, Java (now Purworejo), 1 Dec 1948.	Diamond T truck in Semarang, Java, Dutch East Indies, 16 Feb 1949