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[21] [22] Of the total force, 22,500 combat troops were assigned to the landing at Aitape; while the rest (nearly 30,000) were allocated to the Hollandia landings. [4] [23] The main landings at Hollandia would be made at two locations. The U.S. 24th Division's 19th and 21st Regimental Combat Teams (RCTs) were to land at Tanahmerah Bay.
USS LST-26 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II and manned by a United States Coast Guard crew. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.
Busy Naval Base Hollandia port in 1945 Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless over Naval Base Hollandia's Tanahmerah Bay Navy tank landing ships at Hollandia 1944. Naval Base Hollandia was a United States Navy base built during World War II at Humboldt Bay, near the city of Hollandia (now Jayapura) in New Guinea.
The Western New Guinea campaign was a series of actions in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Dutch East Indies KNIL, United States and Australian forces assaulted Japanese bases and positions in the northwest coastal areas of Netherlands New Guinea and adjoining parts of the Australian Territory of New Guinea.
From 30 March to 3 April 1944 the United States Fifth Air Force, under the command of General George Kenney, conducted a series of bombing raids on the important airbase of Hollandia that led to the destruction of 340 Japanese airplanes on the ground and 60 Japanese airplanes shot down in combat.
Jayapura, a city in Indonesia, known as Hollandia from 1910 to 1962; Sentani Airport, the city's airport, formerly known as Hollandia Airfield Complex; Battle of Hollandia, 1944 battle between American and Japanese forces during World War II; Landing at Hollandia, a battle of the Western New Guinea campaign of World War II in April 1944
The Magee Farm, also known as the Jacob Magee House, is a historic residence in Kushla, Alabama, United States. Built by Jacob Magee in 1848, the 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story wood-frame structure is an example of the Gulf Coast Cottage style.
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