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April 22, 1944.
LVTs (Landing Vehicles Tracked) in the foreground head for the invasion beaches at
Humboldt Bay, Netherlands New Guinea, as the cruisers
USS Boise (firing tracer shells, right center) and
USS Phoenix bombard the shore. (Photographer: Tech 4 Henry C. Manger.)
Operation Reckless and Operation Persecution, April 21-April 27, 1944, also known as the invasion of Hollandia, the Hollandia landings and the Battle of Hollandia, were Allied amphibious landings which commenced the Western New Guinea campaign. The U.S. 24th and the 41st Divisions, under Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger landed at Hollandia in Dutch New Guinea (later known as Jayapura, Indonesia) and the 163rd Regimental Combat Team (detached from the 41st) simultaneously landed at Aitape, in the Australian Territory of New Guinea (later Papua New Guinea) about 140 miles (225 km) east of Hollandia.
