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Caption | Soldiers of the 163rd Infantry Regiment of US 41st Infantry Division on the beach of Wakde, Dutch New Guinea, 18 May 1944 ww2dbase | |||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Wakde, Dutch New Guinea, Dutch East Indies | |||||
Date | 17 May 1944 | |||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps via Wikimedia Commons | |||||
Link to Source | Link | |||||
Identification Code | SC 190499 | |||||
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Photos on Same Day | 17 May 1944 | |||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||
Photo Size | 2,829 x 2,772 pixels |
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