Just Tykin' It Easy, Matie. Machines of war and men of war mingle on the top deck of a Coast Guard-manned LST as Australian troops lounge about in a pre-invasion Devil-may-care manner. Enroute to the assault on oil-rich Balikpapan, Borneo, the fighting ausies appear no more concerned with the imminent invasion than a party heading for a picnic.

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Photo credit: © NB/USC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 17-a2-199, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg