Video : US Troops Land at Hollandia and Aitape

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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.

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| Artist: U.S. Navy | Credit: 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.

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