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1944 Allied forces attack Japanese strongholds at Cape Gloucester
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3:19Now PlayingDate: 10th February 1944
Location: Cape Gloucester
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Pacific Battlefront: Combined Operations Landing at Cape Gloucester
PAPUA NEW GUINEA:
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AEROPLANE, American. LIBERATORS bomb Cape Gloucester when Yanks invade..bomb explosions on ground G.
AEROPLANES, Japan Crashed plane on Cape Gloucester
AMERICA MILITARY. Invade CApe Gloucester S.W. Pacific..Marines on warships..pile into A.C.L's & go ashore..unload w. tanks & equipment..advance thro' jungle..dead Japs loading & firing mortars..thick mud
ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT. Marines U.S.pile into A.L.C's from warships when invading Cape Gloucester..landing & unloading men & supplies
BOMBS Liberators drop bombs on Cape Gloucester when Yanks invade..explosions on ground
GUNS. Warships bombard Cape Gloucester when Yanks invade mortars loaded & firing V.G.
JAPAN - MILITARY. Dead japs on Cape Gloucester
JUNGLE thro' water & mud.. infantry behind tanks.. dead Japs crashed planed Jap
MAP. Map of Pacific, inc. Bougainville, Makin Isle, Cape Gloucester, Arawe used in issue 1049 South West Pacific when Yanks invade CAPE GLOUCESTER
NEW BRITAIN,Pacific.(New Guinea territory). Yanks invade CAPE GLOUCESTER..Liberators bomb.. A.C.L's land men & equipment..advance thro' jungle.. wade thro' thick mud & water..dead Jap.
Military - Active; New Britain; Papua New Guinea
World War II, WWII, Second World War, War, WW2, B-24 Liberator, USMC, Marine Corps, amphibious assault, mortars, swamps
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