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Photo: Hollandia Operation, New Guinea, April 1944 – LSTs unloading on Beach Red Two, Tanahmerah Bay, April 22, 1944. LST-22 ("Hogan's Goat") in the foreground, followed by LST-18. Catalog #: 80-G-251401, National Archives.

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USA: The Forgotten Island - Operation RECKLESS

Goalhanger

24 Apr, 2024

WHW USA

50 mins

U.S. Sixth Army

U.S. I Corps

USAAF (United States Army Air Forces)

U.S. Army

United States Navy

War in the Pacific

1944

Allied Generals

Meet the Speakers

John McManus

John C.McManus is a military historian, author, and professor of military history at the Missouri University of Science and Technology

James Holland

Historian, writer, and podcaster, specialises in World War II and hosts "We Have Ways" podcast.

Al Murray

Al Murray, comedian, writer, and historian, co-hosts the WWII podcast We Have Ways of Making You Talk and writes on
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