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Troops in Australia. In the final assault on Buna, American light tanks, manned by Australian crews, smashed through Japanese pillboxes. In this picture, taken during the actual fighting, an Australian mortar crew has fired on enemy troops 150 yards away fleeing from a busted pillbox. Note shell-tor
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Troops in Australia. In the final assault on Buna, American light tanks, manned by Australian crews, smashed through Japanese pillboxes. In this picture, taken during the actual fighting, an Australian mortar crew has fired on enemy troops 150 yards away fleeing from a busted pillbox. Note shell-tor

United States. Office Of War Information · 1940-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineTroops in Australia. In the final assault on Buna, American light tanks, manned by Australian crews, smashed through Japanese pillboxes. In this picture, taken during the actual fighting, an Australia. 1940-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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