Australian forces move from U.S. landing ship to beach at Tarakan.
Australian forces move from U.S. landing ship to beach at Tarakan. Australian troops march across a pontoon bridge from a U.S. Navy LST (landing ship, tanks)to the beach at Tarakan Island, off the east coast of Borneo, during the initial landings there April 30, 1945. A four-day naval bombardment by units of the U.S. Seventh Fleet and the Royal Australian Navy preceded the landing of Australian forces ...



