American landing ships disgorge vehicles at Tarakan. U.S.

American landing ships disgorge vehicles at Tarakan. U.S. Navy landing ships lie beached at low tide at Tarakan Island April 30, 1945, as the job of delivering supplies to the liberation forces proceeds. Units of the U.S. Navy supported the Australian and Dutch forces who made the assault on Tarakan while American fighter and bomber planes supported their difficult advance inland. Tarakan, oil-rich inland lying off the east coast of Borneo, will provide airfields for assaults on that vital rubber and oil producing center.