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Japanese Tank 3
"Overturned Jap tank on the beach area of Biak" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Japanese Hulk. During his three months on Biak, Hill frequently documented the remains of Japanese resistance and the Allies' ultimate triumph. Here, he probably records the…
Japanese Tank, Turret
"Turret of Jap Tank on the beach at Biak"
Japanese Tank 2
"A destroyed Jap tank on the beach area - S. Biak"
Japanese Tank 1
"Japanese Tank - on the beach on the south side of Biak"
British "Long Tom"
"British 'Long Tom' artillery piece brought to Biak by the Japanese and installed near the beach on the south coast of Biak. Originated in Singapore"
Japanese "Pill Box" 3
"A Japanese pill box overlooking the Mokmer Air strip on the South coast of Biak"
Japanese "Pill Box" 2
"A Japanese 'pill box' gun port - camoflaged with sticks. Some of these contained a 75 mm Howitzer"
Japanese Fortified Cave 2
"A cave entrance on Biak - wooden ammunition boxes abandoned just outside a Japanese fortification"
Japanese Fortified Cave 1
"Entry to cliff caves in the coral wall facing the beach at Biak. The cliff was honeycombed with caves" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Fortified Cave. Prior to Allied invasion on May 27 1944, Japanese forces constructed many defenses, such as this…
Biak Coral Cliffs View
"Liberty Ships - Aircraft on Air strip perhaps Mokmer strip and Jap Fox holes in foreground - taken from up a rise in the coral wall"