Aust ships Cape Gloucester (106687)
HMAS Australia and HMAS Arunta bombarding Cape Gloucester viewed from HMAS Shropshire
Seabees inspecting dead Japanese corpses in Cape Gloucester
US Combat Naval Engineers (Seabees) examine the body of a Japanese soldier in the ruins of his pillbox after a four day battle for the airfield at Cape Gloucester.
Invasion of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 24 December 1943. Crammed wi...
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Retreating at first into the jungle of Cape Gloucester, Japanese soldi...
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USS Brownson (DD-518) exploding off Cape Gloucester on 26 December 194...
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Brownson (DD-518) exploding off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, on 26 December 1943. At approximately 14:42 hrs, Brownson was hit by two bombs from a Japanese dive bomber while screeni... More
105mm Howitzers fire in support of Marines
105mm Howitzers of 4/11, set up in a kunai grass clearing, fire in support of Marines attacking toward Cape Gloucester's airfields - Operation Dexterity
Medium tank crosses Suicide Creek
Medium tank crosses Suicide Creek to blast Japanese emplacements holding up the Marine advance - Operation Dexterity
Beach at Cape Gloucester
Original caption: "Marines hit three feet of rough water as they leave their LST to take the beach at Cape Gloucester, New Britain."
General Lemuel Shepherd in Cape Gloucester
General Shepherd in the wet camp site of Cape Gloucester.
Jeeps in mud at Cape Gloucester
Jeeps movig through mud at Cape Gloucester.
A wounded Marine is lifted onto a jeep converted into an ambulance on ...
127-GR-141-72276 Photographer: Brenner.
Marine PFC George C. Miller, of 458 Ocean Ave., Jersey City, N.J.,carr...
Marine PFC George C. Miller, of 458 Ocean Ave., Jersey City, N.J.,carries an M1917 machine gun down the trail on Cape Gloucester. He had just returned from 19 days of combat.
Marines Browning M1917 Cape Gloucester
Retreating at first into the jungle of Cape Gloucester, Japanese soldiers finally gathered strength and counterattacked their Marine pursuers. These machine gunners pushed them back. (National Archives Identifi... More
Marines advance with an M4 tank towards the airfield on Cape Glouceste...
Marines advance with an M4 tank towards the airfield on Cape Gloucester.
Douglas MacArthur studying a map of Cape Gloucester
General Douglas MacArthur reviews plans for landing on Cape Gloucester. Captain Richmond "Dick" Kelsey, responsible for making the relief map, is on far left. Colonel Amor Sims, on right.
Piper J-3 Cub embarking to Cape Gloucester
Piper J-3 Cub embarking to Cape Gloucester inside a LST.
An-American-amphibious-armored-vehicle-starts-down-the-lowered-ramp-39...
An American amphibious armored vehicle starts down the lowered ramp of an LCT-vessel to the beach at Cape Gloucester, New Britain Islands, during landing operations there by U.S. Marines.