American army in Wallis island in 1942 - unloading a 155mm coast artillery gun
US army onloading a 155mm coastal artillery gun in 1942 in Gahi Bay, Wallis island. US army took control of the island alongside Free French forces on 28th May 1942. This picture was published in Life Magazine in New York on 22nd (or 24th ?) August 1942, without disclosing the location. Original caption: "A 155-mm. coast artillery gun, weighting more than 12 tons, is brought ashore. In a landing against force, such guns are brought ashore after the Marines have established a beach head and pushed the enemy back far enough to make landings safe. But as soon as airfields are seized or constructed, Navy fighter planes are rushed to garrison them."
- Date
- 1942-08-24
- Photographer / author
- US army assumed.
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
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- image
- Original size
- 1,249 × 538 pixels
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