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Keywords: Arawe (AWM 016332).jpg AWM Caption New Britain 15 December 1943 US troops disembark from landing barges in the early hours of the morning in one of the most daring assaults yet undertaken in the Pacific on the southern coast near Arawe Japanese defenders were completely routed and the entire Arawe Peninsula and two nearby islands were seized and completely captured within three hours Allied casualties were extremely light despite dive-bombing attacks by the enemy against our landing craft The Allied assault punched a 200-mile bulge in the offensive arc under the command of General MacArthur 016332 en wikipedia <br/> original text 1 Sourced from http //www awm gov au/database/collection asp original text 1 Copyright The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear' The photo was taken in 1943 Original uploader was Nick-D at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia 2006-11-19 1943-12-15 Harold George Dick PD-AustraliaGov Original upload log en wikipedia Arawe+ 28AWM+016332 29 jpg 2006-11-19 02 11 Nick-D 450×325× 63392 bytes Australian War Memorial AWM catalog number 016332 Sourced from http //www awm gov au/database/collection asp Copyright The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear' The photo was taken in 1943 The AWM allow World War II forces of the United States in New Guinea Battle of Arawe
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