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Australians Storm Balikpapan

Australian troops storm ashore in the first assault wave to hit Balikpapan on the southeast coast of oil-rich Borneo. Coast Guard Combat Photographer James L. Lonergan stands in the landing craft. July 1945. Gerald C. Anker. (Coast Guard) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 026-G-4718 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1171

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As in all Australian landings at that time, the US Navy was always there to make hot insertions. The Aussies received much more willing help from the USN than from their US Army overlord, Douglas MacArthur.

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