Naval Base Manus
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Manus Naval Base was a number of bases built after the World War II Battle of Manus by United States Navy on the Manus Island and a smaller island just east, Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands
Aerial view of Seeadler Harbor in 1945, with US Navy Fleet Anchorage
Floating ship repair dock ABSD-4 background in Seeadler Harbor with ABSD-2 (foreground) in September 1945
Manus Naval Base, Naval supply depot with piers and quonset Hut warehouses on September 18, 1945
Naval Receiving Station, Lorengau, Manus, November 1944
Admiralty Islands campaign
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The Admiralty Islands campaign was a series of battles in the New Guinea campaign of World War II in which the United States Army's 1st Cavalry Division took the Japanese-held Admiralty Islands.
Naval Base Manus
…Manus Naval Base was a number of bases built after the World War II Battle of Manus by United States Navy on the Manus Island and a smaller island just east, Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands chain. The major naval base…
The first wave of US troops lands on Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, 29 February 1944
Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid (left centre) with General Douglas MacArthur (centre) on the flag bridge of USS Phoenix during the pre-invasion bombardment of Los Negros Island.
Admiralty Islands operations, 29 February – 30 May 1944
Admiralty Islands, 29 February 1944. General Douglas MacArthur decorates the first man ashore, 2nd Lieutenant Marvin J. Henshaw, with the Distinguished Service Cross