The Snapshots in Time Collection

Beach, Pier, and Wrecked Vessel Amid Bomb-Damaged Coastal Vegetation, Hansa Bay Area, New Guinea

Beach, Pier, and Wrecked Vessel Amid Bomb-Damaged Coastal Vegetation, Hansa Bay Area, New Guinea

A small pier and a wrecked vessel mark this Hansa Bay beach, its hillside vegetation stripped bare by sustained Allied bombing. This coastal area of New Guinea absorbed heavy air attacks throughout 1944 as part of the campaign to isolate Japanese forces along the northern coast. Project: 218558