US Sherman Tank
April 1944: A US Sherman medium tank carrying marksmen rolls inland from Humboldt Bay, clearing a path through the jungle for the infantry after a three-week, 1,500-ton aerial bombardment on Japanese forces on the island of Netherland, New Guinea, World War II. Thousands of US troops landed on the island on April 22, 1944, and moved inland to seize airfields from the Japanese. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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01 April, 1944
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