Title
US forces inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese
Caption
U.S. forces inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese in capture of Buna, New Guinea. On the beach of Buna Mission, last point of Japanese resistance in the Papuan section of New Guinea, the bodies of slain Japanese soldiers lie a few steps from their shattered landing boat. The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this engagement and eventually were completely routed by American and Australian forces
Date
1943
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP17A08_030
License type
Rights managed
Available size
102,0Mb (4,6Mb) / 23,6in x 16,8in / 7087 x 5033 (300dpi)