The Snapshots in Time Collection
Aerial View of Pacific Invasion Beach with Wrecked Landing Craft, WWII Southwest Pacific Theater
This aerial photograph, likely taken by a crew of the 312th Bombardment Group during low-level operations in the Southwest Pacific, captures a tropical invasion beach with a wrecked landing craft and disabled amphibious vehicle along the shoreline. Such images documented the aftermath of amphibious assaults across the New Guinea and Philippines campaigns of 1944. Project: 218558