HMAS ASSAULT, COMBINED OPERATIONS SCHOOL, PORT STEPHENS, NSW. TROOPS ARMED WITH SMLE RIFLES, ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Port Stephens
Accession Number 304845
Collection type Photograph
Object type 6x8", Paper (Fibre-based), Silver Gelatin
Physical description 6x8", Paper (Fibre-based), Silver Gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

HMAS ASSAULT, COMBINED OPERATIONS SCHOOL, PORT STEPHENS, NSW. TROOPS ARMED WITH SMLE RIFLES, THOMPSON SUB MACHINE GUNS AND A BREN LIGHT MACHINE GUN STORM ASHORE FROM A LANDING CRAFT, PERSONNEL (LCP) OF THE US NAVY IN THE COURSE OF A PRACTICE LANDING. WHILE CLIMBING FROM THE LCP BODIES ARE KEPT LOW AND WEAPONS ARE HELD WELL CLEAR IN THE OUTBOARD HAND. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)