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Description 1943-01-02. PAPUA. GIROPA POINT. AUSTRALIAN MANNED GENERAL STUART M3 TANKS ATTACK JAPANESE PILLBOXES IN THE FINAL ASSAULT ON BUNA. CORPORAL R. F. RODGERS, D COMPANY, 2/12TH BATTALION, WARNS THE TANK CREW ABOUT ANOTHER JAPANESE PILLBOX AT RIGHT AS THE TANK BLASTS AWAY AT A PILLBOX AHEAD. IN THE FOREGROUND PRIVATE R. G. RHEINBERGER, FROM THE SAME COMPANY, ADVANCING WITH THE TANK STANDS READY TO SHOOT AT THE JAPANESE AS THE PILLBOX IS BLASTED. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN DURING THE ACTUAL FIGHTING.
Date Taken on 2 January 1943
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014002
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George Silk  (1916–2004)  wikidata:Q1508257
 
George Silk
Description American-New Zealand photographer, war photographer and photojournalist
Date of birth/death 17 November 1916 Edit this at Wikidata 23 October 2004 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Levin Edit this at Wikidata Norwalk Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1940 Edit this at Wikidata–1975 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q1508257
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