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Naval History and Heritage Command

The Mortars Come Ashore

Soldiers wade through the water to come ashore
Description: Painting, Oil on Canvas; by James Turnbull; 1945; Framed Dimensions 34H X 44W
Accession #: 88-159-KL as a Gift of Abbott Laboratories
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Members of a mortar platoon, lugging their heavy equipment, wade ashore through the surf from a Navy landing craft during the invasion of Lingayen on Luzon in January of 1944.                        

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